linux-kernel - Re: PLEASE READ: kernelci.org bot email problems

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Date:   Fri, 2 Nov 2018 13:55:15 +0000
From:   Matt Hart <matthew.hart@...aro.org>
To:     davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: PLEASE READ: kernelci.org bot email problems

On Thu, 1 Nov 2018 at 18:51, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
>
>
> The bot@...nelci.org emails are being bounced by vger.kernel.org
>
> The reason is that there are always syntax errors in the SMTP
> headers.
>
> Specifical, the From address is:
>
> From:   kernelci.orgbot <bot@...nelci.org>
>
> By SMTP rules, when special characters such a '.' appear in
> headers, the string must be surrounded by double quotes.

We mostly just rely on gmail to deal with this, so it's pretty
disappointing to see a malformed header.

>
> Can someone please contact whoever maintains the bot so
> they can fix this?

Many thanks for the info! We'll get on this asap.

>
> Thank you.