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

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  My first spam on lastname-firstname@debian.org address. Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org> - 2021-06-09 15:00 +0200
    Re: My first spam on lastname-firstname@debian.org address. Joerg Jaspert <joerg@debian.org> - 2021-06-09 22:40 +0200
      [solved] Re: My first spam on lastname-firstname@debian.org address. Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org> - 2021-06-11 16:00 +0200

#12376 — My first spam on lastname-firstname@debian.org address.

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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#12378

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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#12379 — [solved] Re: My first spam on lastname-firstname@debian.org address.

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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