On Sun, 4 Apr 2010, Stephen Gran wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> Currently, there is an implicit conflation between $u...@debian.org and
> $u...@$machine.debian.org.  This means that mail to, for instance,
> sg...@gluck.debian.org is handled the same way as mail to
> sg...@debian.org, whether or not I have an account on the gluck.  I'd
> quite like to change this.
> 
> Unfortunately, this will break some people's mail setups if they rely on
> this implicit behavior.  The most common usage I have seen of this type
> is a user whoes does not have a mail forward set and relies on, for
> instance, procmail on master to do the work for them.  If you are
> currently relying on something like this, please set your mail forward
> to $u...@master.debian.org.  This will allow procmail/.forward/etc
> handling to continue.  There appear to currently be 27 active users who
> do not have mail forwards set in ldap, so this mail is primarily to
> them.  A list can be provided, but the same list can be obtained with:
> 
> ldapsearch -x 
> '(&(uid=*)(!(emailForward=*))(!(accountStatus=*))(!(objectClass=debianRoleAccount)))'
>  uid
> 
> from any debian.org machine.

I am one of those 27.

Would not be easier and more straightforward if the mail setup is
automatically changed for us?

The net effect would be the same: receiving @debian.org mail on master.

Am I missing anything?


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