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[Graham Binns <graham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 9 June 2010 16:43, Gary Poster <gary.poster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Jun 9, 2010, at 11:25 AM, Graham Binns wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I'm currently getting stuck into the better bugnotifications story[1]
>> and I think we need to settle how notifications from Launchpad should
>> be addressed. I'm working on three bugs, specifically:
>>
>> * launchpad leaks private email addresses when sending mail [2]
>> * Malone comments are sent in email and forge the address of the
>> person who filed them [3]
>> * Bug notifications have personal To: header but aren't personal [4]
>>
>> I had planned to fix the first two of these bugs in one branch by
>> simply having all bug notifications have From address of
>> $bugno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, as can be seen in [5]. However, after a bit
>> of investigation, Deryck pointed out that merge proposal notifications
>> have a From address of the Person who triggered the notification with
>> the Reply-to being set to the MP itself.
>>
>> So, question #1: What should the From: address be for bug
>> notifications? There are two possible options, as I see it:
>>
>> 1. Always use $bugno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> 2. Use the Person's preferred email address where possible (i.e
>> assuming they have one and that they haven't marked their email
>> addresses as private), otherwise use $bugno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
>
> Since you include me in the "To" list, I feel like I should reply. :-)  Therefore, I prefer #2, though I don't feel strongly about it.

Ah, yes, sorry for not explaining that... I addressed this to you,
Bjorn, Tim and Deryck because you were the folks most likely to have
some sense of how I should proceed.


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