gnucash.org vs. lists.gnucash.org

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Mon Dec 4 11:05:00 EST 2017


John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> writes:

> I've got a better and even weirder reason to prefer
> gnucash-devel at gnucash.org: When I send mail to
> gnucash-devel at lists.gnucash.org and route the mail through comcast.net
> (my ISP) the mail bounces because the terminal comcast
> mail server won't talk to lists.gnucash.org. It's perfectly happy to
> talk to gnucash.org even though it's the same computer (the one we
> fondly refer to as "code"). That means I always have to check the CC
> when I reply-all to make sure it's the right address.

This is weird.  I see no reason why this would be the case.  In fact,
gnucash.org has an MX record pointing to lists.gnucash.org, which
implies it's sending to the same machine either way.

I suppose we could try adding an MX for lists pointing to itself?

> Regards,
> John Ralls

-derek
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