Re: What the hell is going on?

On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 13:15 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Nov 2009, noreply(at)pgfoundry(dot)org wrote:

>
> Why are these messages, if they are in fact sent via the pgsql-odbc
> ailing list, not addressed to the mailing list?

Because they are sent via a bug submission form.

>
> Why is that mailing list, if the messages are in fact "sent via" that
> mailing list, distributing messages that are not addressed to that
> mailing list?

Because they are sent via a bug submission form.

>
> If they are in fact sent from somewhere in the PostgreSQL organisation,
> why are they designed to sabotage email filters, by not using the
> mailing list email address for posting, on which messages to the list
> can be easily filtered?

Because they are sent via a bug submission form.

>
> Or, are these messages from some sinister organisation, spoofing some
> PostgreSQL entity?

Pgfoundry is part of the PostgreSQL organization.

Joshua D. Drake

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