[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: debian-boot CVS messages use personal addresses



Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr> writes:

> Let me quote the code :)
> 
> sub mail_notification {
> [...]
>     if ($username) {
>         $MAILFROM = "$username\@$ORGANIZATION";
>     }
>     open(MAIL, "| $MAILER -t");
>     print MAIL <<EOF ;
> To: @mailto
> From: $MAILFROM
> [...]
> 
> This is what I want removed -- it creates mails with "From: joy@debian.org",
> and I don't like this because it gets me spam. It is not required to use the
> @d.o address for all development mail, so the script shouldn't assume that
> everyone wants that.
> 
> The replies, the discussion about commits, it should go to the mailing list,
> right? The script can set MAILFROM to debian-boot@lists.debian.org and it
> will work fine.

Ah, ok.  It already does set that higher up.

I commented it out the part that changes the MAILFROM.

You might wanna do this also in the debian-doc CVSROOT area -- you
have perms there right?

-- 
...Adam Di Carlo..<adam@onshore-devel.com>...<URL:http://www.onshored.com/>



Reply to: