Please be careful: don't Cc: to cygwin

[luke . kendall]

I just sent the same question to this list and to the cygwin mailing
list (I'm subscribed to both, obviously).

Don't Reply-All to that post.  I was automatically marked as a spammer
by sending one email to both lists, even though the problem could be
either a cygwin one or a cvs one.

I'd hate to think that a helpful reply to my query might get someone
else blocked.

I guess Cygwin (RedHat?) have a rather draconian policy in place.

So be careful.  For reference, here's the auto-reply I got from Cygwin.

luke

         From: address@hidden
      Subject: failure notice
         Date: 16 Mar 2004 01:12:05 -0000
           To: address@hidden

Hi. This is the qmail-send program at sources.redhat.com.
I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses.
This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.

<address@hidden>:
Your message was sent to both the mailing list and a project
cvs list.
 
If you are not a "spammer", we apologize for the inconvenience.
You can add yourself to the cygwin.com "global allow list"
by sending email *from*the*blocked*email*address* to:
  
    address@hidden
 
For certain types of blocks, this will enable you to send email without
being subjected to further spam blocking.  This will not allow you to
post to a list if you have been explicitly blocked, if you are posting
an off-topic message, if you are sending an attachment that looks like a
virus, etc.
 
Contact address@hidden if you have questions about this. (#5.7.2)

--- Enclosed are the original headers of the message.

         From: address@hidden
      Subject: cvs problem under cygwin, cvs documentation
         Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 12:11:58 +1100 (EST)
           To: address@hidden, address@hidden

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