Re: Subscribing to bugs does not work
On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 08:10:38PM +0200, Frank K?ster wrote:
> > Alternatively, set up the file .forward-tetex-bugs in your home
> > directory on master.d.o containing the line:
> >
> > debian-tetex-maint@lists.debian.org
> >
> > and then subscribe frank-tetex-bugs@debian.org to the bug.
>
> First of all, this just circumvents the ban of subscribing lists to bugs
> - so either there is no real reason for not allowing it, then it should
> be allowed, or there is one, then it's questionable to circumvent it.
>
> Second, how is mail to frank-tetex-bugs@debian.org delivered to me? Is
> the hyphen a forbidden char in Debian account names, so that some magic
> can relay <login>-*@d.o to <login>@d.o?
<login>-<foo>@d.o gets forwarded to whatever is listed in
.forward-<foo> in <login>'s home directory on master.d.o. That's how
the old tetex CVS announcements worked: they were sent to an account
called jdg-tetex-cvs@debian.org (although I don't remember why I did
it like that any longer).
Julian
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