Re: Mail processing problem on debbugs?

[Glenn Morris]

Bob Proulx wrote:

>> I hope this doesn't happen with ###-anything. :(
>
> How are those ###-* messages being routed?  I am starting from no
> information so it seems to me like they would be bounced as a
> non-existent address.  Where is that configured?

I suspect ###.* is accepted by the system. I don't know where that is set.

Maybe it is /etc/exim4/conf.d/router/250_debbugs, which contains
   local_parts = ... ^\\d+

which is probably too broad. Changing it to a "definitive" pattern could
risk rejecting valid stuff though.


Anyway, an accepted mail is piped to /usr/lib/debbugs/receive.

This will reject unknown ###-foo addresses with an error.
Obviously these error mails should go to the original sender,
but it seems that in this case they got routed back to submit@debbugs.
I don't know why. Perhaps a side-effect of the use of mailman for moderation.