See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=37078)
See also http://debbugs.gnu.org/5439
-Do NOT send a separate copy to the bug list, since this may generate a
-new report. The only time to send mail to the bug list is to create a
-new report.
+Do NOT send a separate copy to the bug list address, since this may
+generate a new report. The only time to send mail to the bug list
+address is to create a new report.
Gnus users can add the following to message-dont-reply-to-names;
similarly with Rmail and rmail-dont-reply-to-names:
** How does Debbugs send out mails?
-The mails are sent out to the bug list with From: and To: unchanged.
-Eg if you file a bug with "submit@debbugs.gnu.org", that
-remains in the To: address. They reach the bug list by being resent.
+The mails are sent out to the bug list by being resent. The From:
+header is unchanged. In new reports only (at present), the To:
+address is altered as follows. Any "bug-gnu-emacs",
+"emacs-pretest-bug", or "submit@debbugs" address is replaced by
+123@debbugs in the mail that gets sent out. (This also applies to any
+Cc: header, though you should be using X-Debbugs-CC instead in new
+reports). The original header is stored as X-Debbugs-Original-To, if
+it was changed. Any X-Debbugs-CC is merged into the Cc.
Mails arriving at the bug list have the following Resent-* headers:
The "maintainer email address" is "bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" in most cases.
-In a new report, any "bug-gnu-emacs", "emacs-pretest-bug", or
-"submit@debbugs" address in the original To or Cc is replaced by
-123@debbugs in the mail that gets sent out to the bug list.
-
** To not get acknowledgement mail from the tracker,
add an "X-Debbugs-No-Ack:" header (with any value). If you use Gnus,
you can add an element to gnus-posting-styles to do this automatically, eg: