kern/125637: src/sys/kern/uipc_sockbuf.c, v 1.171.2.3 causing kernel panic

Kris Kennaway kris at FreeBSD.org
Tue Jul 15 17:45:50 UTC 2008


alex wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR kern/125637; it has been noted by GNATS.
> 
> From: alex <no at spam.thx>
> To: freebsd-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org
> Cc:  
> Subject: Re: kern/125637: src/sys/kern/uipc_sockbuf.c,v 1.171.2.3 causing kernel panic
> Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:25:09 GMT
> 
>  >Submitter-Id:	current-users
>  >Originator:	alex
>  >Organization:	
>  >Confidential:	no
>  >Synopsis:	Re: kern/125637: src/sys/kern/uipc_sockbuf.c,v 1.171.2.3 causing kernel panic
>  >Severity:	non-critical
>  >Priority:	low
>  >Category:	kern
>  >Class:		sw-bug
>  >Release:	FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE i386
>  >Environment:	FreeBSD moshnroll 7.0-STABLE FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE #0: Mon Jun 30 12:40:54 CEST 2008 root at moshnroll:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ARUNDEL i386
>  >Description:
>  There's a reason I didn't submit my email address. I used to submit quite a lot of PRs. Unfortunately there is no way to tell the PR-system not to include my PR into the bugs mailinglist which is a very easy target for spammers. Also the actual PR-database can be queried very easily in order to harvest email adresses. After aprox. 2 years and about one duzen issued PR, my mail account got bombed with more than 600 new mails PER DAY!
>  
>  I don't want that to happen again. That's why I didn't give out my actual mail adress. It would be a great if there'd be a way to
>  
>  1. Tell the PR-system not to include a PR intp any of the the public mailinglists
>  and
>  2. somehow make the email address unreadable by spam-bots.

There are many GNATS mirrors and we cannot enforce this policy on them. 
  Use a dedicated account for your GNATS email if you wish, but we must 
have a way to communicate with you by email in follow-up to your PRs.

Kris


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