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Re: debian-boot CVS messages use personal addresses



On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 12:20:53PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> > 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?

Oh, debian-doc's CVSROOT doesn't have log_accum, at least it didn't last I
checked...

-- 
     2. That which causes joy or happiness.



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