Re: [put pull] timestamp stuff

From: Al Viro
Date: Wed Feb 05 2020 - 11:25:14 EST


On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 11:08:01AM -0500, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:

> > To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: fsdevel.@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [git pull] kernel-initiated rm -rf on ramfs-style filesystems
> > Message-ID: <20200204150912.GS23230@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > on that other message in my mailbox, but I don't see it on lore. Odd.
> > Is it because the "fsdevel" address is mis-spelled on the Cc line?
> > Strange.
>
> That message-id doesn't appear to have traversed the mail system, so my
> guess would be that it didn't make it past some upstream MTA -- either
> vger or the one before it. The fact that this messages is not on
> lkml.org either seems to confirm that theory.

At a guess, bogus address in Cc (mistyped mutt alias - "fsdevel" would've
become "linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx", "fsdevel." got interpreted as
local address) got something spooked enough to filter it out...