dup loop

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dup loop - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  dup loop
  
     <messaging> /d[y]oop loop/ (also "dupe loop") [FidoNet] An
     infinite stream of duplicated, near-identical messages on a
     FidoNet echo, the only difference being unique or mangled
     identification information applied by a faulty or incorrectly
     configured system or network gateway, thus rendering dup killers
      ineffective.  If such a duplicate message eventually
     reaches a system through which it has already passed (with the
     original identification information), all systems passed on
     the way back to that system are said to be involved in a dup loop
     .
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (2003-12-15)