[Tig] Are we getting "Double Post Syndrome" again?

[Rob Lingelbach]

Hi Craig.

the following addresses all are valid for the TIG:

tig at colorist.org   (preferred because of simplicity)
tig at ns1.colorist.org   (messages can arrive in your mailbox from the  
ns1 CNAME
                         due to DNS delays)
tig at tele.com
tig at tig.colorist.org

this flexibility is a good thing, as it allows diagnostics based on  
the domain
situation at the time of delivery.  But use the first one, and be  
aware that the
second one can appear if there are DNS problems, because it is handed  
off to the
DNS server after a timeout.  Getting 2000 messages out in under 2  
minutes is the
goal, and any that time out due to various problems then get queued  
and will arrive
later at the particular host for which traffic is delayed, with the  
return address
'tig at ns1.colorist.org'.  There is absolutely no problem with using  
this address
instead of tig at colorist.org, if you look at the DNS they are either  
both A records or
the ns1 address is a CNAME.

Just (and I tell myself this because I too was in a hurry and used  
the reply-all which
caused a double post) try to check your destination headers before  
sending, so the duplicate
posts don't happen.  Mailman should catch, and usually does, a dupe  
post, but in the case of
a different destination address perhaps it thinks better to let it  
through.

anyway, the various addresses for the tig (and the web hosts are even  
more interesting) all
have their purpose.

regards
Rob

On May 3, 2007, at 5:49 PM, Craig Leffel wrote:
>
> So I hate to be a 'tard... but I did that on purpose, because I  
> couldn't remember what the correct posting address is, and I  
> realized I had received one from tig at ns1.colorist.org.  Thinking  
> this might be an admin address, I also copied in  
> tig at tig.colorist.org   - Can you
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Rob Lingelbach
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