[SLL] Mutt double-listing (was: Re: backup to Windows)

[Bill Campbell]

On Sun, Jun 15, 2008, Glenn Stone wrote:
>On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 12:34:00PM -0700, Bill Campbell wrote:
>>The two copies are the result of using mutt's ``L'' to reply to
>>the list.  It seems that there are things in the message headers
>>that cause mutt to see both the old linux-list at ssc.com and the
>>new linuxjournal.com address.
>
>The problem really is, Mutt is seeing both your subscribe entry in your
>.muttrc *and* the list headers.  The auto-detect of list headers is a
>relatively recent feature addition (either 1.4 or 1.5)... One is uncertain
>whether it's a feature or a bug that it does both instead of choosing;
>absent documentation I'd call it a bug (on the premise that if it's
>documented, it's a feature :)

My mutt subscribe is simply ``linux-list''.

I think the confusion is that the Mailman system at linuxjournal.com is a
bit schizophrenic, as it seems to have host names, lists2.linuxjournal.com
and lists.linuxjournal.com in the mail headers causing mutt to generate a
To: header like this:

# To: linux-list at lists2.linuxjournal.com, linux-list at lists.linuxjournal.com

I just updated my mutt from 1.5.11i to 1.5.18, and get the same behaviour.

>One of these years I really need to go through and clean up my .muttrc. :)

That's a scarey thought :-).

Bill
-- 
INTERNET:   bill at celestial.com  Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC
URL: http://www.celestial.com/  PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way
Voice:          (206) 236-1676  Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820
Fax:            (206) 232-9186

The pinnacle of open systems is: when moving from vendor to vendor, the
design flaws stay the same.