NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/rec/video/satellit/7417

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Path: sparky!uunet!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!paladin.american.edu!auvm!CBDA7.APGEA.ARMY.MIL!WEJONES
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Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite
Date:         Tue, 29 Dec 1992 14:27:16 EST
Sender:       HOMESAT - Home Satellite Technology <[e-mail]>
From:         Bill Jones <[e-mail]>
Subject:      ?Duplicate postings rejected?
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  This has nothing to do with sats, but with how the list works.  I am
curious why it is when I post a relatively long post to Homesat, that I
first receive the post back from homesat, followed by a rejection notice
stating that my post is being rejected because it is nearly identical to
a previous post, ie the one I just received.  I "think" that what is
happening is that even though I am posting to Homesat, and not R.V.S., that
somehow the link between homesat and r.v.s. is sending my message to
r.v.s. first, and then into the homesat buffer, but somehow it is receiving
the cross post back from r.v.s. before my message, so my messaage bounces
even though it was there before it was sent to r.v.s. .  Can anyone explain
why this happens?  As I said, it only seems to happen on "long" messages.
This seems to be a bug in the system.  Doesn't hurt anything, but is a waste
of bandwidth.
B.J.