Email to gcc-patches@ with patches dropped, w/o patch it works

Email to gcc-patches@ with patches dropped, w/o patch it works

[Tobias Burnus]

Hi,

I have a strange problem: If I try to include a patch as attachment, it 
simply does not appear at the 
gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org/fortran@gcc.gnu.org mailing list. It is not a 
file-size problem as also 2KB emails do not get through (I also tried 
gz). I also do not get any bounce emails.

Finally, I tried to send an email to 
global-allow-subscribe-burnus=net-b.de@gcc.gnu.org - but without any 
result (no reply, attachment emails kept dropping).

Emails without attachment go through, cf. 
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/fortran/2011-11/msg00056.html

Others have similar problems; paolo.carlini@oracle.com just wrote me: "I 
agree. Today I'm also having really weird problems! Grrrr"

Tobias

Re: Email to gcc-patches@ with patches dropped, w/o patch it works

[Ian Lance Taylor]

Tobias Burnus <burnus@net-b.de> writes:

> I have a strange problem: If I try to include a patch as attachment,
> it simply does not appear at the
> gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org/fortran@gcc.gnu.org mailing list. It is not a
> file-size problem as also 2KB emails do not get through (I also tried
> gz). I also do not get any bounce emails.
>
> Finally, I tried to send an email to
> global-allow-subscribe-burnus=net-b.de@gcc.gnu.org - but without any
> result (no reply, attachment emails kept dropping).
>
> Emails without attachment go through,
> cf. http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/fortran/2011-11/msg00056.html
>
> Others have similar problems; paolo.carlini@oracle.com just wrote me:
> "I agree. Today I'm also having really weird problems! Grrrr"

Mail an e-mail with an attachment to yourself and see what MIME type the
attachment gets.  gcc.gnu.org blocks certain MIME types.  If you ensure
that the attachment is text/plain or text/x-diff, it should get through.

Ian

Re: Email to gcc-patches@ with patches dropped, w/o patch it works

[Tobias Burnus]

Hi Ian,

well, at the end all emails arrived - it took over one hour (while the 
normal emails arrived within seconds).

Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> Mail an e-mail with an attachment to yourself and see what MIME type 
> the attachment gets. gcc.gnu.org blocks certain MIME types. If you 
> ensure that the attachment is text/plain or text/x-diff, it should get 
> through. Ian 

Well, all emails were BCCed and they had the type "Content-Type: 
text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed" for the text and 
"Content-Type: application/x-gzip; Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64" or 
"Content-Type: text/x-patch; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit" for the 
attachment.

As the emails now - arrived: have a look at 
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/fortran/2011-11/msg00061.html and click "raw text".

Tobias

Re: Email to gcc-patches@ with patches dropped, w/o patch it works

[Christopher Faylor]

On Sun, Nov 06, 2011 at 08:48:47PM +0100, Tobias Burnus wrote:
>Hi Ian,
>
>well, at the end all emails arrived - it took over one hour (while the 
>normal emails arrived within seconds).
>
>Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
>> Mail an e-mail with an attachment to yourself and see what MIME type 
>> the attachment gets. gcc.gnu.org blocks certain MIME types. If you 
>> ensure that the attachment is text/plain or text/x-diff, it should get 
>> through. Ian 
>
>Well, all emails were BCCed and they had the type "Content-Type: 
>text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed" for the text and 
>"Content-Type: application/x-gzip; Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64" or 
>"Content-Type: text/x-patch; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit" for the 
>attachment.
>
>As the emails now - arrived: have a look at 
>http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/fortran/2011-11/msg00061.html and click "raw text".

I fixed this problem earlier today.

cgf