On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 11:29:23PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Jun 27, 2025 at 10:58:54 +0900, John Crawley wrote: > > The Debian Wiki has these suggestions for how to deal with spam: > > https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/ListMaster/ListArchiveSpam#nominate > > The fourth option there says: > > * Use your mail client's bounce/resend/redirect functionality to send > the spam messages to report-lists...@lists.debian.org > > > So it looks as if resending a spam message to > > report-lists...@lists.debian.org is OK, although "bouncing" the message > > back to the server is very much not, even if your MUA can do that. > > I'm pretty sure the wiki says it's OK. I cited it right up there. > > To be clear, what we're talking about here is what mutt does when you > press the "b" key. It queues up a message for delivery, where the > envelope recipient address is one that you specify by typing it in, > and the entire message (header + body) is exactly what you received, > with no modifications made by the MUA.
I have just tried this, re-sending the message to which I am replying to myself. I do see some differences to the header, some of which will be my local MTA (exim) but I think that those added by mutt are: Resent-From: Resent-Date: Resent-Message-ID: Resent-To: If Resent-From: the message might not be delivered due to SPF issues. 2,3c2,3 < From bounce-debian-user=addw=phcomp.co...@lists.debian.org Fri Jun 27 04:30:24 2025 < Return-path: <bounce-debian-user=addw=phcomp.co...@lists.debian.org> --- > From a...@phcomp.co.uk Fri Jun 27 04:32:28 2025 > Return-path: <a...@phcomp.co.uk> 5c5,14 < Delivery-date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 04:30:24 +0100 --- > Delivery-date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 04:32:28 +0100 > Received: from addw by mint.phcomp.co.uk with local (Exim 4.96) > (envelope-from <a...@phcomp.co.uk>) > id 1uUzpD-00Ewy0-32 > for a...@phcomp.co.uk; > Fri, 27 Jun 2025 04:32:28 +0100 > Resent-From: Alain D D Williams <a...@phcomp.co.uk> > Resent-Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 04:32:27 +0100 > Resent-Message-ID: <af4qy7mlkaw3k...@phcomp.co.uk> > Resent-To: Alain Williams <a...@phcomp.co.uk> 25d33 < Delivered-To: lists-debian-u...@bendel.debian.org 82d89 < Status: RO > Mutt calls this action "bounce", but I would not use the phrase "back > to the server" to describe it. It's more like a forwarding action, > because you're passing the message along to a new recipient. > -- Alain Williams Linux/GNU Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer. +44 (0) 787 668 0256 https://www.phcomp.co.uk/ Parliament Hill Computers. Registration Information: https://www.phcomp.co.uk/Contact.html #include <std_disclaimer.h>
