Why do I get duplicated posts?

Hi,

I’m seeing some posts that have one post on the web side appear several
times in the nntp side.


> http://forums.opensuse.org/forums/english/get-technical-help-here/install-boot-login/470936-dual-boot-windows-7-suse-enterprise-server-11-sp1.html

Post number 4 is duplicated in number 5, both sides.


> http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/install-boot-login/470896-sudden-increase-boot-time-3.html

Post number 26 I see six times in the nntp side, with slight differences,
as if posted at different times of writing.

There are more cases, but SIX times! This is excessive.


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)

The posts are there on web side to, only not visible to you. The user has deleted a whole succession of his posts.
It’s a complete mess

On 2012-01-10 07:06, caf4926 wrote:
>
> The posts are there on web side to, only not visible to you. The user
> has deleted a whole succession of his posts.
> It’s a complete mess

I’m even getting duplicates from DenverD! Ie, via nntp!
I’m pursued by duplicates :-}

View this thread: http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=470855


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)

I’m not seeing that on nntp

On 01/10/2012 03:43 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> I’m even getting duplicates from DenverD! Ie, via nntp!

i saw that big bunch of dups too…but, if you see duplicates from me
in that applications thread “Drag and drop files to thunderbird in kde”
you may have a client problem…i say that since i only see one there
from me (and apparently Carl also)… so ?

> I’m pursued by duplicates :-}

hmmmmmm…just thinking out loud: maybe you are going online and
downloading a bunch then going offline (or staying online but the nntp
connection times out)…and, then the next time you go online (or click
to check for new post) your client has not updated its db correctly and
re-downloads a message again, and again, and again…

i’ve not tried to solve that in years, you might need to join a client
specific forum (hmmmm…do i recall correctly that you use TBird? they
have a huge online “knowledge base” there might be an easy way to
rebuild the db or . . .


DD http://tinyurl.com/DD-Caveat
openSUSE®, the “German Engineered Automobiles” of operating systems!

DenverD wrote:
> On 01/10/2012 03:43 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>> I’m even getting duplicates from DenverD! Ie, via nntp!
>
> i saw that big bunch of dups too

FWIW, I saw the original bunch of six dups, though they’re now all
different. I haven’t noticed any others. But this morning, I’m seeing a
lot of status errors from TBird when I browse messages. If I then move
to another message and back, the message appears as normal. So I think
there’s something strange with the server or connection (I haven’t
changed the client).

On 01/10/2012 01:53 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> There are more cases

so, just ran into one in ‘hardware’ “CUPS Printing Failure in 12.1”,
below are both nntp headers (as seen in TBird), each line with
differences are marked with a beginning * and than another * just prior
to the difference…

Path:
kozak.provo.novell.com!kortar.provo.novell.com!kovat.provo.novell.com.POSTED!18036d74!not-for-mail
From: gsexton <gsexton@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org>
Newsgroups: opensuse.org.help.hardware
Subject: CUPS Printing Failure in 12.1
Message-ID: <gsexton.564xy2@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org>
Organization: forums.opensuse.org
User-Agent: vBulletin USENET gateway
X-Originating-IP: 137.65.227.184
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Lines: 55
*Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:*36:02 GMT
NNTP-Posting-Host: 137.65.225.252
X-Trace: kovat.provo.novell.com 1326216962 137.65.225.252 (Tue, 10 Jan
2012 10:36:02 MST)
*NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:*36:02 MST
Xref: kortar.provo.novell.com opensuse.org.help.hardware:53665

and

Path:
kozak.provo.novell.com!kortar.provo.novell.com!kovat.provo.novell.com.POSTED!18036d74!not-for-mail
From: gsexton <gsexton@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org>
Newsgroups: opensuse.org.help.hardware
Subject: CUPS Printing Failure in 12.1
Message-ID: <gsexton.564yeo@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org>
Organization: forums.opensuse.org
User-Agent: vBulletin USENET gateway
X-Originating-IP: 137.65.227.181
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Lines: 55
*Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:*46:02 GMT
NNTP-Posting-Host: 137.65.225.252
X-Trace: kovat.provo.novell.com 1326217562 137.65.225.252 (Tue, 10 Jan
2012 10:46:02 MST)
*NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:*46:02 MST
Xref: kortar.provo.novell.com opensuse.org.help.hardware:53667

the message bodies are identical, but the taglines are not, as two
different threads are noted:

http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=470995
http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=470996

i believe this points to either a ‘gateway’ or nntp server problem…


DD http://tinyurl.com/DD-Caveat http://tinyurl.com/DD-Hardware
http://tinyurl.com/DD-Software
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On 2012-01-10 16:36, caf4926 wrote:
>
> I’m not seeing that on nntp

You are right, the double post is missing now.

My setup uses a local cache (leafnode), so if at one time there was a
duplicate I keep it frozen, whereas the live nntp system does not show it.


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)

On 2012-01-11 13:21, DenverD wrote:

> the message bodies are identical, but the taglines are not, as two
> different threads are noted:
>
> http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=470995
> http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=470996
>
> i believe this points to either a ‘gateway’ or nntp server problem…

I replied to the the first one, and the reply is probably lost or hanging
somewhere as a ghost. The link points nowhere.


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)

On 01/11/2012 03:08 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> I replied to the the first one, and the reply is probably lost or hanging
> somewhere as a ghost.

yes, i saw your reply (to both threads, different replies)…

and, both of your replies continue to exist on the nntp side…i think
there is plenty of info now available to track down the weak link…


DD
openSUSE®, the “German Engineered Automobiles” of operating systems!

On 01/11/2012 01:21 PM, DenverD wrote:
> i believe this points to either a ‘gateway’ or nntp server problem…

actually, on second thought it can’t be a nntp server problem because it
must be happening wherever the tag lines and thread numbers are being
generated

thread.php?t=470995
thread.php?t=470996

which i guess has to be prior to a nntp server receiving the messages…

so, it is either the ‘gateway’ or vBulletin itself…hmmmm, i guess now
(after noticing “User-Agent: vBulletin USENET gateway” in the header)
that the gateway is a part of vBulletin…and, i guesd in there
somewhere is a bug crawling around.


DD
openSUSE®, the “German Engineered Automobiles” of operating systems!

On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:21:19 +0000, DenverD wrote:

> the message bodies are identical, but the taglines are not, as two
> different threads are noted:
>
> http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=470995
> http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=470996
>
> i believe this points to either a ‘gateway’ or nntp server problem…

No, if it shows two different threads, then the message was posted twice
on the web side.

Jim

Jim Henderson
openSUSE Forums Administrator
Forum Use Terms & Conditions at http://tinyurl.com/openSUSE-T-C

On 01/11/2012 05:46 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> No, if it shows two different threads, then the message was posted twice
> on the web side.

hmmmm, but then why is it not seen twice on the web side???
and, where lies Carlos’ post [Message-ID:
<h7uut8-ufv.ln1@Telcontar.valinor] except on the nntp side?


DD
openSUSE®, the “German Engineered Automobiles” of operating systems!

On 2012-01-11 17:46, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:21:19 +0000, DenverD wrote:
>
>> the message bodies are identical, but the taglines are not, as two
>> different threads are noted:
>>
>> http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=470995
>> http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=470996
>>
>> i believe this points to either a ‘gateway’ or nntp server problem…
>
> No, if it shows two different threads, then the message was posted twice
> on the web side.

Yes, but no. You try the first link yourself. It yields:


Message
No Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the
administrator


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)

On 2012-01-10 07:06, caf4926 wrote:
>
> The posts are there on web side to, only not visible to you. The user
> has deleted a whole succession of his posts.
> It’s a complete mess

I see a duplicate of another message with one hour difference timestamp,
and different text.


View this thread: http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=471020

Post #15 I see twice, one dated 21:36 and another 22:26. The web only shows
the first one, much shorter.

This doesn’t make sense.


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)

In your opening post you linked us here:
http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/install-boot-login/470896-sudden-increase-boot-time-3.html#post2428267

Just after your post, this is how it looks to me
SUSE Paste

On 01/12/2012 05:16 AM, caf4926 wrote:
> Just after your post, this is how it looks to me
> ‘SUSE Paste’ (http://paste.opensuse.org/89429571)

should forum users be able to delete post to the forum after they have a
reply?

or even before a reply?

imo, the answer to both is “No.” but i would accept the notion that tree
falling in the middle of the forest makes no sound if there is no one
there to hear it…so, a post ‘sent’ by never read or answered could
reasonably be sender deleted…but, once the “view count” climbs above
zero (or the gateway sweeps it to the other side) it is game over for
the committed post.

obviously, ymmv…

let me ask…can i go in and delete my post? an hour, day, week, year
later??


DD http://tinyurl.com/DD-Caveat
openSUSE®, the “German Engineered Automobiles” of operating systems!

On 2012-01-12 05:16, caf4926 wrote:
>
> In your opening post you linked us here:
> http://tinyurl.com/8xn4vv3
>
> Just after your post, this is how it looks to me
> ‘SUSE Paste’ (http://paste.opensuse.org/89429571)

It doesn’t make sense to me. A message can be deleted after being sent by
the gateway? It is sent, nntp is committed and replies can be done.

I thought that the 10 minutes edit time limit was to protect us.


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)

On 01/10/2012 01:53 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> I’m seeing some posts that have one post on the web side appear several
> times in the nntp side.

has there been any action on this problem? i ask because i just now see
it on the nntp side as two (apparently–ie, i didn’t diff’em) identical
posts, ten minutes apart:

http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=471408
http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=471409

with the latter showing as “Closed Thread” on the http side…

but both showing up on the list at:
http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/network-internet/

i’m beginning to wonder if it is possible for a web side user to push
the “Post Quick Reply” or “Submit Reply” buttons more than once?

nope, i tried it and found it only possible to press the “Edit” button,
which only makes one posting:
http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=452307

does this mean some folks are actually posting multiple times…or what?


DD