linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Update email address for stable patch submission

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Message-Id: <20111018.152923.55645219498274462.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:29:23 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	greg@...ah.com
Cc:	hch@...radead.org, jwboyer@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Update email address for stable patch submission

From: Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:13:50 -0700

> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 02:58:52AM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 09:16:39PM -0400, Josh Boyer wrote:
>> > The stable@...nel.org email address has been replaced with the
>> > stable@...r.kernel.org mailing list.  Change the stable kernel rules to
>> > reference the new list instead of the semi-defunct email alias.
>> 
>> Does this mean it already stopped working?  I recently sent pathces
>> there but neither got an ACK nor a bounce or similar.
> 
> It should have bounced.

It doesn't bounce, it's a mailing list looping posting protection at
vger.kernel.org which triggers because it sees certain email header
fields in the forwarded emails from kernel.org that make it look like
a list loop.

We respond to such things silently so we don't exacerbate the loop.
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