Nathan says,

> The problem here seems to be that many of you don't understand the
> concept of peering.  You should only be subscribed to one of the
> peers, not both of them.

Well, it's true that I don't understand the concept, but that's not
the problem.  The problem is that I'm both subscribed _and_ not
subscribed to the Swedish version of the list.  I suspect it's a
problem with the way the lists are shared, because (AFAIK) I never
subscribed to the Swedish list (and the listserv there confirms that).

> You should send your mail to the peer you are subscribed to, not
> both of them or the non-subscribed one.  (If you're getting double
> acks you may be subscribed to both peers, one with NOMAIL, the
> other with MAIL.)

Nope.

The explanation of why the list continues to be peered seems a
little, well, wistful to me:

> This was a lot more important 10 years ago than it is now because
> the point was to save bandwidth by sending a single copy of list
> mail across the transatlantic line to be "burst" by the peer for
> people on the peer's side of the pond.  Today peering is really
> not all that useful since bandwidth isn't the issue it used to be.
> We keep this list (and LSTSRV-L) peered in Sweden and DC at least
> partly to ensure that peering continues to work :)

Hm.  Seems to me it doesn't . . .

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