Posting rules for the gnupg-devel@ mailing list

[Peter Pentchev]

On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 06:31:44PM +0200, Luca Capello wrote:
> Hi there!
> 
> Please Cc: me, I am not subscribed to the list.
> 
> I found what I think is a bug in gpg-agent (the environment file should
> be delete when quitting), please see:
> 
>   <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=642021>
>   <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=642012#17>
> 
> Yesterday, after having patched gpg-agent and extensively tested my
> (very simple) patch, I sent it to the gnupg-devel@ mailing list, but I
> still fail to see it appearing on the archives:
> 
>   Subject: [PATCH] Remove the environment file when quitting.
>   Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 20:33:13 +0200
>   Message-Id: <1316457193-26043-1-git-send-email-luca at pca.it>
>   X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.6.3
> 
> While I know that my email was accepted, I have not received any
> error/moderation message:
> =====
> Sep 19 20:33:27 clio postfix/smtp[2929]: 5D125CE980: to=<gnupg-devel at gnupg.org>, \
>  relay=ns1.u64.de[217.69.77.222]:25, delay=6.4, delays=0.01/0.01/6.2/0.12, \
>  dsn=4.0.0, status=deferred (host ns1.u64.de[217.69.77.222] said: \
>  451-151.1.160.141 is not yet authorized to deliver mail from <luca at pca.it> \
>  to 451 <gnupg-devel at gnupg.org>. Please try later. (in reply to RCPT TO command))
> Sep 19 20:42:49 [...] status=deferred [...]
> Sep 19 20:52:49 [...] status=deferred [...]
> Sep 19 21:12:49 [...] status=deferred [...]
> Sep 19 21:52:50 clio postfix/smtp[14485]: 5D125CE980: to=<gnupg-devel at gnupg.org>, \
>  relay=ns1.u64.de[217.69.77.222]:25, delay=4769, delays=4763/0.01/5.1/0.81, \
>  dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 OK id=1R5jta-0006Hh-CE)
> =====
> 
> Should I subscribe to the gnupg-devel@ mailing list to post?  Can this
> information be added to the listinfo page, please?

Not necessarily.  I believe that this is just greylisting in action -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greylisting

In short, if your mailserver is well-behaved and retransmits the message
within a reasonable timeframe (usually a couple of hours would be enough,
although most mailservers will retry in less than an hour), the gnupg.org
server will accept your message and everything will be just fine.

Of course, the gnupg.org mail admins are free to jump in and correct me :)

G'luck,
Peter

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