# Just joined - messages in duplicate

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/just-joined-messages-in-duplicate/64277>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 23, 2006, 6:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/just-joined-messages-in-duplicate/64277 "2006-06-23T18:11:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/e99b99/32.png) [@zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zanoni)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 6:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/just-joined-messages-in-duplicate/64277/1 "2006-06-23T18:11:30Z")

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I’m noticing my messages are coming to me in duplicates. Something  
wrong or is that normal ?

Stuart

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**Author:** ![zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/e99b99/32.png) [@zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zanoni)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 6:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/just-joined-messages-in-duplicate/64277/2 "2006-06-23T18:30:26Z")

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On Jun 23, 2006, at 17:07, Dark A. wrote:

> I’m noticing my messages are coming to me in duplicates. Something  
> wrong or is that normal ?
> 
> Stuart

If it’s only your messages that are doubled, then it’s a quirk of  
gmail; one copy is the one you sent, which gmail displays as part of  
a ‘conversation’, and the other copy is the one you received from the  
list, which gmail isn’t clever enough to recognise as an identical  
message, because ruby-talk changes various headers.

You can change your ruby-talk notification in various ways by sending  
“help” to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid

matthew smillie.

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**Author:** ![zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/e99b99/32.png) [@zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zanoni)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 6:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/just-joined-messages-in-duplicate/64277/3 "2006-06-23T18:30:35Z")

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On 6/23/06, Dark A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> I’m noticing my messages are coming to me in duplicates. Something  
> wrong or is that normal ?
> 
> Stuart

It’s a harmless gmail thing. There was a recent thread about this very  
topic if you’d like to read more.

It doesn’t do any harm. The list is only getting one copy.

—John

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**Author:** ![zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/e99b99/32.png) [@zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zanoni)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/just-joined-messages-in-duplicate/64277/4 "2006-06-23T18:37:03Z")

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k-thanks for the clarifications.  
Stuart