Thus said Bob Carragher on Fri, 24 Apr 2015 15:46:15 -0700:
Is it really GMail that's doing this?
I recall experimenting with Gmail many years ago and at the time, they
did ``duplicate removal'' based on perhaps the Message-ID. As an
experiment, I have added a local alias here which forwards to your Gmail
account and which is not subscribed to the list server. You may have to
check your Spam folder for it, but will you let me know if you get 1, 2
or 3 copies? If you get just one, then this confirms that Gmail is
removing duplicates (as I suspect it has been doing for years, and for
which reason I stopped using Gmail). If you get 2, the headers should
reveal which route those 2 messages took and if they are both from
non-MLM deliveries, then the mailing list is deciding not to send you a
message.
I actually believe this behavior is wrong in an MLM---how does it know
that the message was delivered successfully? In your case, it took 33
hours for you to get the message, however, had the MLM just performed
the basic forwarding service it should have been designed to do, you may
have actually received it much more quicker; sure, you may have received
2 copies, but I think that's a better experience than a 33 hour single
delivery.
Or is it the list server, seeing that one of the list's email
addresses is in the header, deciding not to send a (duplicate) copy to
it?
Some MLMs do this, I'm not sure if this one does, but we may be able to
find out with the little experiment above.
Thanks,
Andy
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