> # 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."

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