Incorrect response address when using B4

Konstantin Ryabitsev konstantin at linuxfoundation.org
Mon Sep 30 14:20:57 UTC 2024


On Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 04:18:39PM GMT, Daniel Gomez wrote:
> > Was it an automated tool that sent you that message? Normally, email clients
> > would honour the "Reply-To" field and not use the From: address put in by the
> > relay.
> 
> It was a CI Patchwork tool. Response [1] to my patch was sent from "From:
> Patchwork <patchwork at emeril.freedesktop.org>".
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/172735727458.1107233.1757281470637305143@2413ebb6fbb6/
> 
> I think that tool is ignoring the "Reply-To" field [2] from the B4 message and
> using the From field.
> 
> 	From: Daniel Gomez via B4 Relay <devnull+da.gomez.samsung.com at kernel.org>
> 	Reply-To: da.gomez at samsung.com

It's no big deal as long as you got the email response in the end. We expect
this to happen with a lot of automation, which is why any replies to the relay
address are auto-discarded.

-K


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