On 06/08/2011 07:05 PM, Tom Hendrikx wrote: > On 09/06/11 00:47, Phil Turmel wrote: >> On 06/08/2011 05:58 PM, Tom Hendrikx wrote: [...] >>> >>> The point is that when you set the headers correctly on your >>> message, a reply from someone on your message will not generate a >>> duplicate in the first place, thereby eliminating your problem even >>> before it exists :) >> >> To add a data point, this message was a "reply-to-all" in Thunderbird >> 3.1.10. It included Tom's address, ignoring the reply-to: header. > > Actually I only set the reply-to header (by hand) on the message in > which I said that I did that, and not on the second one, because I am > lazy and there is no tb plugin to make my life easier. Please try again > on the correct message.
I checked before I sent, and sure enough, it's there. Maybe Timo has set the list to add it. This one of yours has it, too. >> Considering Thunderbird's popularity, just using a reply-to: header >> won't solve the duplicate message "problem". This is especially true >> on open mail lists, like those at kernel.org, where "reply-to-all" is >> expected of participants. > > I use Thunderbird too, and I did test what I documented. To be sure, > please check the headers of both messages. Checked. > I don't use this practice often (depends on the ml, and the ppl on it), > but some time ago the duplicate issue irritated me enough to spend a > good thought at what the real problem was. Just shared my results, > especially since they are apparently non-obvious :) > > But maybe we're getting a bit off-topic. After all this is a list about > dovecot and IMAP-related stuff. True enough. I'll stop here. Phil
