Re: [Python-Dev] Tracker reviews look like spam

On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 3:09 PM Terry Reedy wrote:

Gmail dumps patch review email in my junk box. The problem seems to be the spoofed From: header.

Received: from psf.upfronthosting.co.za ([2a01:4f8:131:2480::3]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id m1si26039166wjy.52.2015.05.12.00.20.38 for ; Tue, 12 May 2015 00:20:38 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: softfail (google.com: domain of transitioning storchaka@gmail.com does not designate 2a01:4f8:131:2480::3 as permitted sender) client-ip=2a01:4f8:131:2480::3;

Tracker reviews are the only false positives in my junk list. Otherwise, I might stop reviewing. Verizon does not even deliver mail that fails its junk test, so I would not be surprised if there are people who simply do not get emailed reviews.

Tracker posts are sent from Person Name Perhaps reviews could come 'from' Person Name

Even direct tracker posts just get a neutral score. Received-SPF: neutral (google.com: 2a01:4f8:131:2480::3 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of roundup-admin@psf.upfronthosting.co.za) client-ip=2a01:4f8:131:2480::3;

SPF is Sender Policy Framework https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sender_Policy_Framework

Checkins mail, for instance, gets an SPF 'pass' because python.org designates mail.python.org as a permitted sender.

-- Terry Jan Reedy

FWIW while the email signing issue might be interesting to fix... I really wish code reviews weren't emailed separately, I'd like to see them simply appended to the related issue as a block comment on the issue. Then all email notification would be handled by the bug tracker itself (which happens to already work). It keeps related conversation in a single place which will continue to persist even if we switch review tools in the future. I *believe* you can get this to happen today in a review if you add the report@bugs.python.org email address to the code review as the issueXXXXX in the subject line will make the tracker turn it into a bug comment. If so, having that be the default cc for all reviews created would be a great feature (and modify it not to send mail to anyone else). My 2 cents. (literally; as I'm only suggesting, not implementing) -gps