Two notifications for the same post on this forum

[BritTim]

Originally Posted by Terry

But no one else has this problem

No one else is reporting here that they are experiencing the problem. Personally, I do not request notifications for posts on this forum, so I would obviously not experience it. I think the number of people using the forum is pretty low now, and most people seeing the apparent duplicates will probably just ignore the issue.

[n5bb]

Only someone subscribed to the thread (usually because they posted in that thread) would receive a notification, and only if they specified to receive immediate notifications would they likely notice that an edit was made to a very recent post.

Bill

[chrisjj]

Originally Posted by n5bb

My guess this is because I edited my original EMD post after a couple of minutes.

Wow.

Originally Posted by n5bb

I didn?t think it would send out such updates

You, me and Moderator CyberSmurf too

Mystery solved. Leaving only the mystery of why the second update says "n5bb has just replied to a thread you have subscribed to ..." - not "just edited". A fault.

[hadaso]

I have instant notifications set for new posts and I don't get duplicate notifications. I get a notification when a new message is posted to a thread I'm subscribed to, and then no more notifications until I access that thread, not to edits of that message nor to newer messages on the thread.

[n5bb]

Originally Posted by chrisjj

... Mystery solved. Leaving only the mystery of why the second update says "n5bb has just replied to a thread you have subscribed to ..." - not "just edited". A fault.

Originally Posted by hadaso

I have instant notifications set for new posts and I don't get duplicate notifications. I get a notification when a new message is posted to a thread I'm subscribed to, and then no more notifications until I access that thread, not to edits of that message nor to newer messages on the thread.

Unless a moderator has server logs which show that the message (with the same content) was sent twice, I don't see that the mystery is solved. I would carefully compare the following headers on the two messages which have identical body content:

• Message-ID - if the EMD server is sending the message twice, it should change the Message-ID on the second message.
• Date (exact time)
• The first Received header above (after) the Date header.

If the Message-ID and exact time in the Date headers on the two messages are identical, then it would appear that the EMD server only sent one notification message and the duplication occurred external to the EMD sending server. If so, are the first Received headers identical, with the same time and server name?

If the Message-ID or exact time in the Date headers on the two messages differ, then it would appear that the EMD server sent two messages.

That's how I see the situation.

Bill

[Bamb0]

Originally Posted by hadaso

I have instant notifications set for new posts and I don't get duplicate notifications. I get a notification when a new message is posted to a thread I'm subscribed to, and then no more notifications until I access that thread, not to edits of that message nor to newer messages on the thread.

Ya thats how it should be. Something is fouled up which is why I suggested to Chris to take it out and then place it back in his list again and see if its corrected

[chrisjj]

Originally Posted by Terry

But no one else has this problem

That is said of many problems I spot.

What's is true is that few users spot most software problems, having become inured.

[chrisjj]

Originally Posted by BritTim

No one else is reporting here that they are experiencing the problem.

And few are reporting they don't.

[chrisjj]

Would posting the full messages with recipient address redacted be safe?

[hadaso]

Originally Posted by chrisjj

Would posting the full messages with recipient address redacted be safe?

I don't see how posting the messages (especially headers) can be unsafe (after replacing all private email addresses, of course).

[Bamb0]

Ya I dont see an issue Chris

[chrisjj]

One reason people aren't seeing both is Fastmail "[x] Discard duplicate messages (based on Message-ID) on delivery" - the default, if I recall correctly. I am seeing them and I have [ ].

[chrisjj]

Thanks hasado and Bamb0. Here they are, redacted:

https://pastebin.com/d0AWy6aP
https://pastebin.com/ZQk9nuS3


(Too big for this forum.)

[Bamb0]

There may be other replies also, but you will not receive any more notifications until you visit the forum again.

Yup thats how its supposed to be for all........

[hadaso]

Originally Posted by chrisjj

Thanks hasado and Bamb0. Here they are, redacted:

https://pastebin.com/d0AWy6aP
https://pastebin.com/ZQk9nuS3


(Too big for this forum.)

That's very strange. I get very similar headers (practically the same path), but only one copy. You got two different notifications for the same new post, generated within about a minute, with two different message-id's.