oh, I left out the weirdest example, this one, again with 2 recipients but the following reply is the "kicker" from: Neil Cherry <ncherry@linuxha.com> to: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> cc: Dan Roganti <ragooman@gmail.com> date: Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 1:06 PM subject:Re: [vcf-midatlantic] cross platform coding for the Apple ][ here, this is where I replied shortly after that post on the list, sent by gmail.com maybe the email client is getting confused by the List Server message where the TO and CC had been flipped between the two posts from: Dan Roganti <ragooman@gmail.com> to: Neil Cherry <ncherry@linuxha.com> cc: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> date: Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 1:10 PM subject:Re: [vcf-midatlantic] cross platform coding for the Apple ][ mailed-by:gmail.com hope all of these examples helps clue somebody into this weird glitch Dan