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		taspeotis on March 1, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: You cannot have exactly-once delivery (2015) Just put the offset in the email to users and make them keep track of it??

remram on March 2, 2023 [–]

Move the problem to another system does not solve the problem. Someone is necessarily dealing with it.

morelisp on March 2, 2023 | [–]

Exactly - the user could die after opening the email but before reading the number!

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