Alright, so in conclusion, the router would only permit a posting to [EMAIL PROTECTED] if the posting has the envelope MAIL FROM of [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- otherwise, the message would be redirected to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Don, I'll hang out in #debian on oftc to coordinate this changeover in real-time. I'm j00bar on IRC.
-jag > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Sun May 04 19:55:54 2008]: > > On Fri, 02 May 2008, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > > Thank you -- by "envelope from" I mean the value submitted during the > > > SMTP exchange for the MAIL command, e.g. MAIL FROM: > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- if this is correct, I can > > ^^^^^^ > > bounces > > > > > set up the router based on that, but I'd like to also restrict the > > > router's action by client, that is, "What host will be sending the mail > > > that you actually want distributed to the list?" Will it be > > > 64.62.190.156? Or 138.23.92.77? > > > > I do not know the host. > > It'll normally be 138.23.92.77, assuming that the mail is sent > directly from debbugs to the mailing list, and not via > lists.donarmstrong.com as it is currently. [Obviously, that should be > easily changeable if it's restricted like that, as it's not always > going to be that machine.] > > > It's not terribly serious if a few messages go straight to the > > mailing-list without being fed through > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Right. And in any event, debbugs does have reasonable loop handling, > so most of these should be detected and discarded, *so long* as > X-Loop: is kept intact when the messages are forwarded to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Don Armstrong > > > -- Joshua Ginsberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Free Software Foundation - Senior Systems Administrator
