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From: Kyle Jones <kyle_jones@wonderworks.com>
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Steven L. Baur writes:
 > Kyle> This has a greasy feel to it.  The real solution is duplicate
 > Kyle> suppression in the MUA.
 > 
 > It's not really.  What's broken is how `reply all' or the equivalent
 > is used indiscriminantly, and without thought for the recipient.
 > Mail-Copies-To: is an automatic solution to a highly annoying default.

One problem with it is that the sender specifies not only whether
they receive replies but also whether any of the recipients
receive replies.  The sender might not have sufficient knolwedge
to decide.  Duplicate messages are better than no message at all.

If MUA's did not display duplicate messages, the more general
problem of duplicate messages would be addressed.  sendmail, for
instance, will try to do duplicate suppression but it doesn't
always have sufficient information.  This is clearly a job for
the MUA.

