According to https://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control#tag the plus is optional.
Once again, my question was, should a valid Control: header on the first line of an email message sent to ###-done@bug.debian.org work, and if so, is the reason why it didn't work in my case because the MIME part it was included in was base64-encoded, and if not, what other reason could explain why it didn't work?
I did find this here
after I emailed the list:
QUESTION: Can you do all the control-server actions by using fields in a pseudo header in an email to bugnumber@b.d.o or do you need to use control@b.d.o?
ANSWER: You need to use the explicit control@ mail copy, automatic parsing isn't done. From what I understood it's worked on but it might take a bit to make it reliable and not catch something it shouldn't.
So, if this is correct, then I apparently what I tried to do just
doesn't work. :shrug:
On 25/09/2023 14:25, Jonathan Kamens wrote:
So putting a Control: line in the pseudo-header of a message sent to ###-done@bugs.debian.org doesn't work at all?
It should work if the syntax is correct. The + character was missing.