On Mon 05 Feb 2018 at 13:12:45 -0600, David Wright wrote: > On Mon 05 Feb 2018 at 18:01:08 (+0000), Brian wrote: > > > > Now you have problems (or could have). The first problem is that the > > "duplicates" are not duplicates because the headers are different. The > > second problem is - which one do you wish to keep? The third problem > > (related to the second one) is the order in which the messages arrive. > > Is it the mailing list reply first or the Cc:? > > Granted, you lose all the information in the header about how the > reply journeyed from Fred to bendel.debian.org and on to yourself > when the list copy arrives after the direct one but, unless you're > taking a special interest in how long messages are taking, what > exactly have you lost?
The original mail has been lost. As far as I am concerned. the original which was sent to me is the only thing of importance to me. If that isn't important to you and you are satisfied with a simulacrum, that's ok by me. (The "unless you're taking a special interest in how long messages are taking" is an indication of how important a user's mail is seen to be. If the US Postal Service processed one's mail in such a subjective manner there might be a complaint or two). -- Brian.
