On Dec 11, 2012, at 9:53 PM, K. Peachey p858snake@gmail.com wrote:
That is contrary [..]
No, it isn't contradictory.
The bugzilla account for "wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org" is either inexistent, or unused. The *e-mail address* exists, but that's irrelevant.
Mails to this list are sent through the global configuration setting "globalwatchers" – not through the fact that it may or may not be on CC of a bug.
At least that's how it is supposed to work, and should work again if not.
This global configuration setting is afaik a core feature, what exactly does this "hack" entail?
On Dec 11, 2012, at 8:56 PM, Andre Klapper aklapper@wikimedia.org wrote:
[..] virtual accounts, even with non-working email addresses. They are only created so you can add such accounts to your "User Watching" list.
That is an interesting technique, but that isn't what we're doing here afaik. Because if someone wants those mails, they can simply subscribe to the list. And moreover, subscribing to the list is semantically more correct since then you receive all activity though the globalwatchers setting, as opposed to only the activity on bugs the "Nobody" account is CCed on (which is often removed from bugs when someone assigns a bug or otherwise ends up removing it for some reason).
-- Krinkle