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Peter N. Spotts-3

Some OT help with a repeating email on this list

Hi Folks,

I've been receiving an email all day today (now up to 9 copies) related
to the photos from the WRTC.

Naively, it doesn't look like the sender's problem, because when I look
at the list archives, only one copy of the email shows up there. Yet I
have been receiving duplicates (with the same time signature) all day
long. And it's the only email that's been cloning itself. All others
received from the list have been one-offs, as they should be.

The phenomenon appears to be independent of email client. I can use any
of three email clients, and they all continue to get copies of this
email.

Any thoughts as to where I should look?

With best regards,

Pete

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Augie "Gus" Hansen

Re: Some OT help with a repeating email on this list

On 7/12/2010 3:09 PM, Pete Spotts wrote:
> ...
> I've been receiving an email all day today (now up to 9 copies) related
> to the photos from the WRTC.
> ...
> Any thoughts as to where I should look?
>

Having not seen that behavior here, it's not likely a reflector problem.
I'd suggest a call to your ISP.

Gus Hansen
KB0YH

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Don Wilhelm-4

Re: Some OT help with a repeating email on this list

In reply to this post by Peter N. Spotts-3

Pete,

If your ISP offers webmail, check there first, it may be stuck in your
output queue.
Otherwise, it is stuck somewhere in cyberspace en-route to your
address. Not much you can do about that condition. The ones I have had
went away after a day or two.

73,
Don W3FPR

Pete Spotts wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> I've been receiving an email all day today (now up to 9 copies) related
> to the photos from the WRTC.
>
> Naively, it doesn't look like the sender's problem, because when I look
> at the list archives, only one copy of the email shows up there. Yet I
> have been receiving duplicates (with the same time signature) all day
> long. And it's the only email that's been cloning itself. All others
> received from the list have been one-offs, as they should be.
>
> The phenomenon appears to be independent of email client. I can use any
> of three email clients, and they all continue to get copies of this
> email.
>
> Any thoughts as to where I should look?
>
> With best regards,
>
> Pete
>
>

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David Cutter

Re: Some OT help with a repeating email on this list

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It happens to me occasionally, but it's not just this list. It used to
happen a lot over weekends. It doesn't happen so often and I've assumed it
is the flaky software from my ISP, or it could be something flaky with my
laptop having a bad hair day. It's happened to others - you are not alone.

David
G3UNA

> On 7/12/2010 3:09 PM, Pete Spotts wrote:
>> ...
>> I've been receiving an email all day today (now up to 9 copies) related
>> to the photos from the WRTC.
>> ...
>> Any thoughts as to where I should look?
>>
>
> Having not seen that behavior here, it's not likely a reflector problem.
> I'd suggest a call to your ISP.
>
> Gus Hansen
> KB0YH
>

Guy, K2AV

Re: Some OT help with a repeating email on this list

When it doesn't happen to everyone, it's not being sent multiple times
from source.

This leaves your ISP. The best guess is mail processing software at
your node plus the processing time at your PC, with ISP's processing
probably having time-outs for certain activities, and your email plus
attached file is taking so long to come back and say I got it, delete
it, that it's doing the conservative thing, timing out and holding on
to it for another try.

If your ISP has a web read interface direct, then use it to delete a
duplicating file. This will short cut some of the processing time and
allow the ISP to mark it off. If this is happening on your ISP's web
interface, call the ISP, you can't fix it yourself.

73, Guy.

On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 1:43 AM, David Cutter <[hidden email]> wrote:

> It happens to me occasionally, but it's not just this list. It used to
> happen a lot over weekends. It doesn't happen so often and I've assumed it
> is the flaky software from my ISP, or it could be something flaky with my
> laptop having a bad hair day. It's happened to others - you are not alone.
>
> David
> G3UNA
>
>
>> On 7/12/2010 3:09 PM, Pete Spotts wrote:
>>> ...
>>> I've been receiving an email all day today (now up to 9 copies) related
>>> to the photos from the WRTC.
>>> ...
>>> Any thoughts as to where I should look?
>>>
>>
>> Having not seen that behavior here, it's not likely a reflector problem.
>> I'd suggest a call to your ISP.
>>
>> Gus Hansen
>> KB0YH
>>
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David Cutter

Re: Some OT help with a repeating email on this list

Hello Guy

Thanks for that run-down.

It never happens on the web access to my email and by the time I've loaded
up the web page it's usually stopped replicating. Anyway, these days it
only replicates once and then not very often. I felt sure it was some kind
of timing problem and probably the laptop with some issue. I updated the
BIOS recently and it may have influenced things.

73

David
G3UNA

When it doesn't happen to everyone, it's not being sent multiple times
from source.

This leaves your ISP. The best guess is mail processing software at
your node plus the processing time at your PC, with ISP's processing
probably having time-outs for certain activities, and your email plus
attached file is taking so long to come back and say I got it, delete
it, that it's doing the conservative thing, timing out and holding on
to it for another try.

If your ISP has a web read interface direct, then use it to delete a
duplicating file. This will short cut some of the processing time and
allow the ISP to mark it off. If this is happening on your ISP's web
interface, call the ISP, you can't fix it yourself.

73, Guy.

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