Thomas Sandford wrote: > I recently tried to send a PR (for an updated port), and got the > following response: > > --- 8<--------------- > This is a canned auto-reply to your recent email to the bug submission > address. > > Your message has been identified as likely spam and has been discarded. > > If you feel this is an error, please submit your report via the web > interface or directly on the freebsd-bugs mailing list. > > --- 8<--------------- > > Frankly this is just DUMB. Autoresponding to (as opposed to bouncing) > spam is most likely going to hit someone other than the spammer. > > It gives me ZERO information as to why the mail system didn't like my > post, so I have no means of working out what I should change to appear > less like a source of spam. > > Since the mail sent was a properly formatted PR (generated by > devel/porttools), and the mail system got as far as accepting my email > before generating an autoresponse, it could/should at least have parsed > the email to see if it looked like a PR before rejecting it. > > > Furthermore it doesn't even seem to be consistent, since a PR submitted > the self same way about 4 days ago got through just fine. > > I've now got to rewrite the "description" part of the bug submission > (since it didn't copy my message back to me) and try and work out a way > of getting past the filter (there's no point in trying to submit the PR > through the web, as the web form clearly states "Note: copy/paste will > destroy TABs and spacing, and this web form should not be used to submit > code as plain text."). > > Spam is a major, worldwide problem - but transferring the problem to > someone else is NOT a solution. > > Oh - and if you hadn't guessed - this has really cheesed me off!
The same thing happened to me today. I just sent the mail again, with one line changed and it got through. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
