Re: Urgent bugzilla mainteinance needed

["Martin J. Bligh" <mbligh@mbligh.org>]

Natalie Protasevich wrote:
> On 9/23/07, David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> wrote:
>> On Sun, 2007-09-23 at 11:08 -0700, Natalie Protasevich wrote:
>>> On 9/23/07, Diego Calleja <diegocg@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Take a look at http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3710
>>>>
>>>> bugzilla tries to send a mail to the reporter, it fails ("unknown user account"),
>>>> but the error failure is appended as a bugzilla comment. Then bugzilla tries to
>>>> send that comment to everyone involved in the bug, including the reporter,
>>>> so it fails again.....Houston, we've a endless loop.
>>>>
>>>> There're 540 comments in that bug report already, and the bugme-daemon
>>>> mail list is being spammed....
>>> I just sent emails to those who maintain bugzilla software and systems
>>> that run it, hope someone will be online soon to help alleviate
>>> this...
>> Bugzilla really shouldn't be accepting any mail with empty reverse-path
>> (MAIL FROM:<>)
> 
> Ah, then should be easy fix then. I don't have access to the system
> though, will have to helplessly wait until one of the guys picks up...
> :(

Sorry, can't fix this - I don't have direct access to the system,
and I don't think the others will be back until Monday ;-(

M.