From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Engster Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Bug tracker automated control server message Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 18:06:28 +0200 Message-ID: <87fvtp3kvv.fsf@engster.org> References: <5221A64B.5000207@gmx.at> <5221AB9F.7090209@gmx.at> <83fvtqdr7t.fsf@gnu.org> <5221E805.9010303@gmx.at> <87k3j22eqc.fsf@engster.org> <83bo4edlea.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1377965202 22783 80.91.229.3 (31 Aug 2013 16:06:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 16:06:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rudalics@gmx.at, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 31 18:06:45 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VFnhF-0002D0-An for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 31 Aug 2013 18:06:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55358 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VFnhE-0005wP-S2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 31 Aug 2013 12:06:44 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43724) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VFnh6-0005oI-AR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 Aug 2013 12:06:41 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VFnh0-00014X-UL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 Aug 2013 12:06:36 -0400 Original-Received: from randomsample.de ([83.169.19.17]:59536) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VFnh0-00014M-Ja; Sat, 31 Aug 2013 12:06:30 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=randomsample.de; s=a; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Date:References:In-Reply-To:Subject:Cc:To:From; bh=JQiWn9OTq5WoWXBWr/SMH6pw//cw7LeW3IgN+2pSOl0=; b=Dxp9iQ48PJykjnLum/mtmD18jsZz4idYpjORNqoFXweA6j+h8BFTta19JYGTuRcd2cXk/pHoaQj5PcWOyXTYZ7p/motjziQo6g945RbRWYmo53Ty0ff7wkEZLu8hFDAR; Original-Received: from dslc-082-083-049-210.pools.arcor-ip.net ([82.83.49.210] helo=spaten) by randomsample.de with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1VFngz-000284-Eh; Sat, 31 Aug 2013 18:06:29 +0200 In-Reply-To: <83bo4edlea.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 31 Aug 2013 16:45:17 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130008 (Ma Gnus v0.8) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Mail-Followup-To: Eli Zaretskii , rudalics@gmx.at, emacs-devel@gnu.org X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 83.169.19.17 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:163117 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: David Engster >> Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 15:04:43 +0200 >> Cc: Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org >> >> This is why the control@debbugs address should usually go in the BCC, so >> that people who do a wide reply do not mail the control server by >> accident. > > If control@debbugs goes in BCC, people will become confused about > those weird commands at the beginning of the message. I think those commands are pretty clear; before I learned about control@debbugs, I used to think that the bugtracker simply always processes them. IMO the messages you get from an accidental mail to the control server are much weirder; also, as a guideline, using BCC is recommended in admin/notes/bugtracker. -David