On 13 Feb 97, Russell U. Simmons <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Newbie needs some help ......
>
> Yesterday I wrote a message requesting someone to host our
> organization, Loners of America.
>
> Within a few hours I received a very generous offer.  Then I sent a
> reply to my own message using my mail clients "Reply To"  feature,
> informing everyone that I had received an offer.  (I snipped most of
> the original article).
>
> Problem:   My reply was returned undelivered stating that it had
> already been sent.....(???)
>
> So I wrote a *new* original message with subject "RE:<the original
> subject>"  but it too was returned undelivered with the same reason --
> message had already been sent.....(????)
>
> Well,  now I'm really confused.........  Is it the matching subject
> that's being rejected -- even tho the second attempt was
> "RE:<subject>"   ????
>
> Russell
>

No it actually checks the contents of your message. However, we GOT
your message, so you probably hit SEND twice, which is what
LISTSERV(R) complained to you about. The first one went through but
the second one got bounced.

Francoise