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  • My first spam on lastname-firstname@debian.org address.

    From Charles Plessy@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 9 15:00:01 2021
    Hello everybody,

    I am not sure where to post this, so please forgive me if I missed a
    more suitable medium.

    This week I received one spam at mylastname-myfirstname@debian.org
    (or mylogin-myfirstname@debian.org, as in my case, login == lastname).
    Today I tested the address and could confirm that it sends email to me.

    I was wondering if this alternative address was intended for a purpose,
    or just an accident. I ask on this list and not directly to DSA in case everybody who filled first and last name information also has this
    alias.

    This is not so important on my side but made me curious, so feel free to
    take plenty of time before answering.

    Have a nice day,

    Charles

    --
    Charles Plessy Nagahama, Yomitan, Okinawa, Japan
    Debian Med packaging team http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med Tooting from work, https://mastodon.technology/@charles_plessy Tooting from home, https://framapiaf.org/@charles_plessy

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  • From Dominik George@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 9 15:30:01 2021
    Hi,


    in my case, login == lastname).

    That's the twist here – it seems the debian.org mail server accepts - as a local extension character (in addition to +). At least, I successfully received mail at natureshadow-foobang@d.o

    _-nik_

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  • From Steve McIntyre@21:1/5 to Charles Plessy on Wed Jun 9 15:40:01 2021
    On Wed, Jun 09, 2021 at 09:48:52PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
    Hello everybody,

    I am not sure where to post this, so please forgive me if I missed a
    more suitable medium.

    This week I received one spam at mylastname-myfirstname@debian.org
    (or mylogin-myfirstname@debian.org, as in my case, login == lastname).
    Today I tested the address and could confirm that it sends email to me.

    I was wondering if this alternative address was intended for a purpose,
    or just an accident. I ask on this list and not directly to DSA in case >everybody who filled first and last name information also has this
    alias.

    This is not so important on my side but made me curious, so feel free to
    take plenty of time before answering.

    It's using a fairly standard suffix rule, based on your username. You
    can add +<foo> or -<foo> and it will work.

    --
    Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com "Because heaters aren't purple!" -- Catherine Pitt

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  • From Timo =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=B6hling?=@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 9 15:50:01 2021
    * Dominik George <nik@naturalnet.de> [2021-06-09 15:05]:
    in my case, login == lastname).
    That's the twist here – it seems the debian.org mail server accepts - as a local extension character (in addition to +). At least, I successfully received mail at natureshadow-foobang@d.o
    I'm not sure if it is more officially documented somewhere else, but
    it is mentioned in the Wiki:

    https://wiki.debian.org/DebianServiceForDD#Step_4:_Setup_your_email

    Cheers
    Timo

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  • From Joerg Jaspert@21:1/5 to Charles Plessy on Wed Jun 9 22:40:01 2021
    On 16159 March 1977, Charles Plessy wrote:

    I was wondering if this alternative address was intended for a
    purpose,
    or just an accident. I ask on this list and not directly to DSA in
    case
    everybody who filled first and last name information also has this
    alias.

    This is not so important on my side but made me curious, so feel free
    to
    take plenty of time before answering.

    Not an accident, actually documented behaviour: https://db.debian.org/forward.html

    --
    bye, Joerg

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  • From Charles Plessy@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 11 16:00:01 2021
    Thanks everybody for your quick answers!

    In summary, the debian.org mail server accepts "-" as local extension character, and it is documented in:

    - https://wiki.debian.org/DebianServiceForDD#Step_4:_Setup_your_email
    - https://db.debian.org/forward.html

    (On my side, I did not manage to get the "+" to work).

    Have a nice week-end,

    Charles

    --
    Charles Plessy Nagahama, Yomitan, Okinawa, Japan
    Debian Med packaging team http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med Tooting from work, https://mastodon.technology/@charles_plessy Tooting from home, https://framapiaf.org/@charles_plessy

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