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Re: Spam mail in the bug repository



On Tue, Aug 03, 1999 at 10:07:21 +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> I wonder how entries like 
> 
>     #42371: BIG money sending email !! TOTALLY legal and it REALLY
>    works!!!

> could go into our bug repository.

It's spam sent to submit@bugs.debian.org; if you encounter it, reassign it
to the "spam" pseudo-package, so the Debian spamfighters can send complaints
to the ISPs involved.

> Could this garbage not be avoided by spam filters?

AFAIK, the BTS runs in an mx domain of its own, and handles its email
itself; apparently its email configuration does not include (effective) spam
filtering.

HTH,
Ray
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