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| author | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 2009-01-28 02:54:46 +0000 |
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| committer | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 2009-01-28 02:54:46 +0000 |
| commit | 82c43d4cdf3bd6591e42481d7ceb376bf0e83081 (patch) | |
| tree | d1927503969a2e1dc62cdca6bf2c0156d552c375 /admin | |
| parent | 98957f75b5f57b065f4eff92fbc1b1fe2f06eb69 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-82c43d4cdf3bd6591e42481d7ceb376bf0e83081.tar.gz | |
Update message-dont-reply-to-names section.
Mention the wonderful spam filter.
Diffstat (limited to 'admin')
| -rw-r--r-- | admin/notes/bugtracker | 32 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/admin/notes/bugtracker b/admin/notes/bugtracker index 7d77e8c12fb..d0b7b92ecf9 100644 --- a/admin/notes/bugtracker +++ b/admin/notes/bugtracker @@ -37,17 +37,21 @@ Do NOT send a separate copy to the bug list, since this may generate a new report. The only time to send mail to the bug list is to create a new report. -Gnus users can add "\\(\\(emacs-pretest-bug\\|bug-gnu-emacs\\)@gnu\\.org\\|\ -\\(submit\\|control\\)@emacsbugs\\.donarmstrong\\.com\\)" -to message-dont-reply-to-names. - -Similarly, RMAIL users can use rmail-dont-reply-to-names. They might -also need to ignore "bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com" since it -appears in the "Resent-To" header of reports, and for a long time -RMAIL erroneously included this address in replies. Likewise for -"owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com", which can appear in the -"Resent-CC:" header (but it is possible, outside of normal bug -reporting, that you might want to have a dialog with this address). +Gnus users can add the following to message-dont-reply-to-names; +similarly with Rmail and rmail-dont-reply-to-names: + +"\\(emacs-pretest-bug\\|bug-gnu-emacs\\)@gnu\\.org\\|\ +\\(\\(submit\\|control\\|owner\\)@emacsbugs\\.\\|bug-submit-list@\\)\ +donarmstrong\\.com" + +The "bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com" and +"owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com" entries are there because they can +appear in the "Resent-To" and "Resent-CC" headers, respectively. For a +long time Rmail erroneously included these headers in replies. If you +correspond with an Rmail user on a bug, these addresses may end up in +the Cc. Mailing to them does nothing but create duplicates and errors. +(It is possible you might want to have a dialog with the owner +address, outside of normal bug reporting.) ** When reporting a bug, to send a Cc to another address (e.g. bug-cc-mode@gnu.org), do NOT just use a Cc: header. @@ -228,3 +232,9 @@ The above page is accessible from the "Options" section at the end of the "main list of bugs" page. Select bugs "in package" = emacs; "newest bugs" = 100. (I have no idea how you get to that Options section without having to go through the bug list page first...) + +** Mails to the bug tracker disappear + +Apparently it has some kind of spam filter that sometimes silently +discards valid mails. Adding a subject (pointless in control messages) +may help. |