Re: address@hidden: Delivery Notification: Delivery has failed]

[Stefan Monnier]

>> What does this message mean?  I get these almost every time I reply to
>> a message that came from the bug tracker.  How can I avoid this
>> nuisance?

> Don't send messages to address@hidden [I don't know
> where that's comming from, since AFAIK nothing uses that.]

Not sure where it might have come from, but I've seen it many times.
 
>> While at that, another related question: why am I receiving 4 copies
>> of every message I send in response to a bug tracker message? 

> You're probably sending them to more than just the bug number.

The message's header contains too many addresses.  E.g. the message
I got for bug#497 has:

   From: robert marshall <address@hidden>
   Subject: bug#497: view-hello-file documentation
   To: address@hidden
   Cc: 
   Reply-To: robert marshall <address@hidden>, address@hidden

- address@hidden is an alias for
  address@hidden, so it needs to be removed.
- IIUC all email sent to address@hidden will be
  forwarded to bug-gnu-emacs's recipients as well as to the Robert
  Marshall <address@hidden>, so "robert marshall
  <address@hidden>" shouldn't be in the reply-to.  Actually,
  I think the above should read as follows instead (without any
  "reply-to"):

   From: robert marshall <address@hidden>
   Subject: bug#497: view-hello-file documentation
   To: address@hidden

this way the usual "followup / reply to all" and "reply to author" both
do what they're supposed to do.


        Stefan