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So it's Empress janet now? Is that a pro- or de- motion? Carole H. --- janet paterson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > hi all > > At 09:01 1999/09/24 -0500, darwin wrote, in part: > >...I have been getting three sets of each digest > for months now. > >Stopped for a while after I unsubscribed and > resubscribed, but > >now doing it again and the same procedure didn't > work this time. ... > >We may have to demote our goddess list elf to maybe > princess list > >ragamuffin.... > > 1. If the duplication/triplication problem affected > all listmembers > one could deduce that LISTSERV is the culprit. That > is not the case here. > > 2. Since Darwin was able to eliminate the problem > once by an action > of his, I tend to think the source of his problem is > at his end. > > 3. Since Barb M has had multiple server problems > with MSN, I tend to > think the source of her problem is at her end. > > 4. All of the above is not to imply dereliction of > duties by the > list nerdette empress. > > 5. Computers are not intelligent [yet]. They do as > they are told. > Problems and seeming 'mysteries' can and do arise > when a sophisticated > and complex e-mail 'client' program interacts with a > sophisticated and > complex 'server' program. > > 6. Such 'mysteries' are not necessarily complex > themselves. Generally > they are quite simple, but need to be detected with > care and patience. > > 7. I have read the LISTSERV Owner's and User's > manuals cover to cover. > More than once. I subscribe to the LISTSERV owner's > mailing list. The > documentation is not perfect. Nothing is. The > internet is a growing, > changing and completely unpredictable entity. It and > the software supporting > it are a combined mega-work-in-progress. > > 8. The secret to most LISTSERV problems is in the > 'gobbledeegook' headers > which are full of nerdish instructions which are > decipherable only by > e-mail software. viz: A normal person would think > that these headers > all mean the same thing: > "Reply-to:" > "Sender:" > "From:" > but Nooooo! > > 9. If anyone receives odd-ball duplications or > triplications of messages, > please send them to me ***complete with all > headers***, for detection either > by moi or by the mega-nerds at LISTOWNR-L. > > 10. Please note that sending such > e-mail-software-sensitive information > requires > marks at the front of each line, so as to > render the gobbledeegook > powerless, or else the message will go into the > ethereal equivalent of the > Mobius loop, never to be seen again. > > 11. If you are still reading this, I salute you and > hereby pledge that my > efforts at 'fixing' the problem will reflect > equivalent doggedness and > patience. > > > janet > the nerdette list empress of all she surveys > > janet paterson > 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset > 613 256 8340 po box 171 almonte ontario canada K0A > 1A0 > a new voice: > <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> > <[log in to unmask]> > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com