Re: [gnu.org #359140] Re: [Savannah-help-public] Redirecting bug-gnu-emacs to emacsbugs

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On Fri, 02 May 2008, Stefan Monnier wrote:

> > Thank you -- by "envelope from" I mean the value submitted during the
> > SMTP exchange for the MAIL command, e.g. MAIL FROM:
> > <address@hidden> -- if this is correct, I can
>              ^^^^^^
>             bounces
> 
> > set up the router based on that, but I'd like to also restrict the
> > router's action by client, that is, "What host will be sending the mail
> > that you actually want distributed to the list?" Will it be
> > 64.62.190.156? Or 138.23.92.77?
> 
> I do not know the host. 

It'll normally be 138.23.92.77, assuming that the mail is sent
directly from debbugs to the mailing list, and not via
lists.donarmstrong.com as it is currently. [Obviously, that should be
easily changeable if it's restricted like that, as it's not always
going to be that machine.]

> It's not terribly serious if a few messages go straight to the
> mailing-list without being fed through
> address@hidden

Right. And in any event, debbugs does have reasonable loop handling,
so most of these should be detected and discarded, *so long* as
X-Loop: is kept intact when the messages are forwarded to address@hidden


Don Armstrong

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