> # Nuke duplicate messages
> :0 Wh: msgid.lock
> | $FORMAIL -D 8192 msgid.cache
This recipe should not be used. It can cause mail loss. Read the
_complete_ example in the procmailex man page.
> Now, this works nicely most of the time but I find that about 50% of
> postings from mutt-users are coming directly from the authors rather than
> from the list. I suspect that this is to do with how long the list takes
> to turn around a message and so I'm receiving the post from the author
> before I get it from the list. Anyone come across this problem before (I
> know it's more procmail related than mutt related but us mutterers should
> be familiar with procmail too! :-).
I have no good solution for this. I'm saving duplicates to a folder,
and I check the headers to decide which copy to delete.
> Anyway, shouldn't all of us be using the "L" key to reply to the list
> rather than reply to all, thereby eliminating this problem in the first
> place??!!
Some people apparently use "g". Even if you specifically say "Please don't
carbon copy on replies."