Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:29:23 -0400 (EDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Update email address for stable patch submission | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.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@kernel.org email address has been replaced with the >> > stable@vger.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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