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Subject : Re: [oS-en] Finding duplicates in email
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Date & Time: Tue, 4 Jul 2023 11:40:20 +0200
[CER] == "Carlos E. R." has written:
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MN> > In my case, with the .procmailrc setup, there are no duplicate emails
MN> > at all.
CER> I was merging mail from the laptop with the desktop machine, and as my sync
CER> process would not work for many moons, when I decided to repair
CER> that there was a backlog of thousands of mails. I happen to have
CER> very complex procmail recipes. The result were duplicates.
Ah, I see.
But, the recipe for duplicate emails is not complicated.
[...]
MN> > Duplicate mails should be determined by the unique Message-ID for each
MN> > mail.
CER> Not exclusively.
CER> For example, when people reply both to the list and to the
CER> person, you get two copies of the same mail, slightly
CER> different. Same message-id, different received headers, possibly
CER> a different footer and reply to.
..?
If you look at the To: and Cc: field of an email, you can see
multiple recipient's addresses,, don't you.
So, one email should be enough.
CER> My procmail recipe moves one of those to a different folder for direct duped
CER> replies.
I can't understand why, but if you need duplicate mailings in some
cases, then have it your way.
Regards.
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