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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Bug reporting for KDE 4
From:       Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi () kde ! org>
Date:       2007-10-30 8:03:35
Message-ID: 20071030080335.GA4180 () ugly ! local
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On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 03:16:31AM +0200, David Faure wrote:
> On Monday 29 October 2007, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
> > how are posting permissions set on such lists, btw? 
>
> Very permissive (yes that means spam can get in too, assuming kde.org
> doesn't detect it).
> 
> > can only bugzilla post?
>
> No since the "From" field is actually the bug reporter.
> 
this problem can be alleviated by looking for a header like
X-Bugzilla-Reason.
this makes it unnecessary to be completely unmoderated, obviously.

> > 'cause everything that happens directly on the list is effectively
> > lost for the reporter ...
>
> Yep, but since the Reply-To includes the bug address this effectively
> doesn't happen.
> 
any sane mailer just discards list-replyto. some mailers try to be
intelligent beyond this, but i wouldn't count on it.

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