Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2026 17:24:30 -0800 From: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-test@freebsd.org Cc: Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Misc. as part of usage testing Message-ID: <1120fc06-36c8-439f-b439-fb33703e8535@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <db83d9d2-e74a-4008-9c7e-277c95954037@yahoo.com> References: <ed0b1cfc-f1f1-40e3-a628-950aeb0bf311@yahoo.com> <f50a134c-ead8-43f6-aceb-07abfc483518@yahoo.com> <db83d9d2-e74a-4008-9c7e-277c95954037@yahoo.com>
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[Yes, this has an example of a series of replies to myself.] On 1/5/26 10:24, Mark Millard wrote: > On 1/5/26 09:49, Mark Millard wrote: >> On 1/4/26 21:15, Mark Millard wrote: >>> Hello. >>> >>> I'll note that the: >>> >>> gmane.os.freebsd.current.scm_dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org >>> >>> information is incoherent. It reports: >>> >>> List Address: dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org >>> (The description text matches reasonably.) >>> >>> But later reports . . . >>> >>> alias dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org >>> alias dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org >>> >>> (Yep: listed twice.) >>> >>> In reality dev-commits-src-main and dev-commits-src-all >>> are distinct lists, with dev-commits-src-main having >>> only a subset. >>> >>> >>> Most lists I looked at say mailman for "Mailing List Software but >>> this one is suggestive of being more accurate: mlmmj+ >>> >>> >>> gmane.os.freebsd.devel.pkg freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org shows: >>> >>> encode encrypt >>> >>> May be that explains the odd, long bugzilla-noreply-* text? >>> >>> Lots to learn. >>> >>> >> >> As is common for me, I later have additional notes to add to >> my prior submittal as I've run into something while gathering >> evidence or am otherwise figuring things out. Some of these >> are messages are sent hour(s) later. >> >> >> It appears that the Gmane Autoauthorizer notices that report >> "[t]he mailing list software used for the list in question is >> mailman" are giving bad instructions as Mlmmj and mailman >> do not seem to be compatible for such things, if I understand >> right --and the FreeBSD lists are Mlmmj based these days. >> >> I'm also not sure what the "+" is about in the "mlmmj+". It >> might be an error to be corrected. >> >> >> I've learned that listing the newsgroup and your Email >> address for the send did not lead to the message showing up >> via https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-test/ . >> >> > > Well, the above did make it to: > > https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-test/2026-January/000344.html > > The prior notification related to the original > message was: > > QUOTE > You are now authorized to post to the > gmane.os.freebsd.test newsgroup. > > The original message you sent to the newsgroup will be > posted within ten minutes. > > Your friendly autoauthorizer at Gmane.io > https://gmane.io/ > END QUOTE > > It was wrong relative to indicating that the original > message would show up there. > > > Given that the new message went through, it seems that if > I see a freebsd-*@freebsd.org for the same list(s) show > up in the To list, it may be that I should delete > it/them from the To list before sending. > I got that wrong: sending to the list requires the likes of freebsd-test@freebsd.org be listed as well as well as the likes of gmane.os.freebsd.test . The one that went through this morning had a freebsd-test@freebsd.org but I had not noticed it at the time. Progress anyway. -- === Mark Millard marklmi at yahoo.comhome | help
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