Re: Misc. as part of usage testing

From: Mark Millard <marklmi_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 17:12:23 UTC
On 1/10/26 06:48, Anton Shepelev wrote:
> Anton Sheplelev:
> 
>> Mark Millard:
>>
>>> gmane test of use of freebsd-test@ for new message.
>>
>> I read your message, but I do now know how it got here,
>> because it has:
>>
>>    To: freebsd-test@freebsd.org
>>    Newsgroups: gmane.os.freebsd.test
>>
>> While posting via Gmane, you should only use the Newsgroups:
>> header, as I have done in this reply.
> 
> Mark, your message also contains the following headers:
> 
>    User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird
>    X-Mailer: WebService/1.1.24866 mail.backend.jedi.jws.acl:role.jedi.acl.token.atz.jws.hermes.yahoo
> 
> which is very odd, as Mozilla can hardly be identifying itself
> with Yahoo.

My guess is that the backend being .yahoo is because of the smtp
configuration using the yahoo smtp. May be that is involved in why
newsgroup based sending does not go through wihtout the To/Cc use.

> Since your e-mail address is at @yahoo, I suspect
> your Thunderbird, seeing a valid e-mail address in the To:
> header, sent this message by e-mail rather than via
> news.gmane.io .
> 
> 
> 



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Mark Millard
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