linux-kernel - Re: Urgent bugzilla mainteinance needed

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Date:	Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:30:40 +0100
From:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To:	Natalie Protasevich <protasnb@...il.com>
Cc:	Diego Calleja <diegocg@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	David Ames <david@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jon Tollefson <kniht@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"Martin J. Bligh" <mbligh@...igh.org>
Subject: Re: Urgent bugzilla mainteinance needed


On Sun, 2007-09-23 at 11:08 -0700, Natalie Protasevich wrote:
> On 9/23/07, Diego Calleja <diegocg@...il.com> wrote:
> > Take a look at http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3710
> >
> > bugzilla tries to send a mail to the reporter, it fails ("unknown user account"),
> > but the error failure is appended as a bugzilla comment. Then bugzilla tries to
> > send that comment to everyone involved in the bug, including the reporter,
> > so it fails again.....Houston, we've a endless loop.
> >
> > There're 540 comments in that bug report already, and the bugme-daemon
> > mail list is being spammed....
> 
> I just sent emails to those who maintain bugzilla software and systems
> that run it, hope someone will be online soon to help alleviate
> this...

Bugzilla really shouldn't be accepting any mail with empty reverse-path
(MAIL FROM:<>)

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dwmw2

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