Question: are @openjdk.java.net not automatically accepted at loom-dev@?

[David Holmes]

On 23/06/2021 7:20 pm, Aleksey Shipilev wrote:
> On 6/22/21 3:41 AM, David Holmes wrote:
>> On 22/06/2021 10:52 am, David Holmes wrote:
>>> On 22/06/2021 10:45 am, David Holmes wrote:
>>>> On 22/06/2021 2:59 am, Aleksey Shipilev wrote:
>>>>> See the bump I have received for my RFR:
>>>>>
>>>>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>>>>> Subject: Your message to loom-dev awaits moderator approval
>>>>> Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2021 16:55:02 +0000
>>>>> From: loom-dev-owner at openjdk.java.net
>>>>> To: shade at openjdk.java.net
>>>>>
>>>>> The reason it is being held:
>>>>>       Post by non-member to a members-only list
>>>>
>>>> AFAIK all the OpenJDK mailing lists are restricted to posting by
>>>> members only.
>>>
>>> Ah now I get your question. You were asking if a persons
>>> @openjdk.java.net pseudo-email is automatically mapped to their real
>>> email for membership checking purposes. (Or otherwise always allowed.)
>>>
>>> No idea.
>>
>> I asked around:
>>
>> "There is no special treatment for @openjdk.java.net users.  They should
>> subscribe to lists they want to join, the same as any other email 
>> address."
> 
> I see. It is quite a bit weird that RFR messages require the "service 
> emails" to be specifically subscribed. I cannot remember if I actually 
> subscribed shade at openjdk.java.net to any other OpenJDK MLs, maybe 
> someone somewhere did it in bulk?

It need not be subscribed. AIUI you can never actually send an email 
from that address. The emails that appear to come from it are generated 
by the bot and the bot has the magic password to allow it to post to 
mailing lists.

David