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Re: Who uses @packages.d.o mail?



On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 10:30:03PM +0100, Stephen Gran wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> So I've looked through a few weeks of mail logs to packages.debian.org,
> and it looks like it collects some useful mail from automated scripts
> on various debian.org machines (primarily ries), and about 1000 spams a
> day from elsewhere.  I haven't done an exhaustive survey, but it seems
> pretty clear so far that the domain does not get any significant amount
> of legitimate mail from machines other than the debian.org hosts.

I use packages.debian.org each time I reassign a bug to a package to make
sure the new maintainer is notified. I think this should be a best
practice.

I also use it to reach maintainers where a full bug report is not warranted.

So I disagree with closing down this service.

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>

Imagine a large red swirl here. 

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