Getting multiple identical email notifications for the same response

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For some reason, I got 3 identical notifications of a response. I got one at 11:41am, the next at 12:01pm and then another at 12:31pm. There were no responses in the thread as of the time of the most recent notification and the thread did not show that it has been edited.

This is not a big deal, but it's a bit weird so I though I should report it.

Screenshot of email notifications from Physics Forums, with rows listing sender, thread subject 'B - "Spacetime" (what is "it"?) - New reply to watched thread' repeated three times at 11:41 AM, 12:01 PM and 12:31 PM on Wed 5/4/2016.
 

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A possible explanation might be that some new posts were deleted before you had a chance to read them. When this happens, any emails that have already been sent cannot be unsent.
 
DrGreg said:
A possible explanation might be that some new posts were deleted before you had a chance to read them. When this happens, any emails that have already been sent cannot be unsent.
Makes sense. Thanks.
 
phinds said:
For some reason, I got 3 identical notifications of a response. I got one at 11:41am, the next at 12:01pm and then another at 12:31pm. There were no responses in the thread as of the time of the most recent notification and the thread did not show that it has been edited.

This is not a big deal, but it's a bit weird so I though I should report it.

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Odd coincidence, because one of the posts that I made around that time had shown that I made three exact copies of that post. I instantly deleted one, but when the page refreshed only one post was shown...
 
Fervent Freyja said:
Odd coincidence, because one of the posts that I made around that time had shown that I made three exact copies of that post. I instantly deleted one, but when the page refreshed only one post was shown...

Perhaps a mod caught it at the same time.