launchpad registration broken

[Curtis Hovey]

On Sun, 2008-11-23 at 12:47 -0800, Chris Garcia wrote:
> Okay. We're talking about gmail here. You're telling me I can't use
> gmail with Launchpad?  Because of some x-headers? Thank you, Curtis. I
> appreciate your letting me know what's going on. I'm going to go
> process that, and when the time is right, I'm going to create another
> email address, point it at my gmail account, and start participating
> in Launchpad. But right now I can't because I'm just dumbfounded.

That is not I meant. You can use gmail as many user do. Gmail is not the
idea mail app (though it may be the ideal data cloud). I think you need
to be patient. I got my reply from launchpad in less than two minutes,
so I am certain Launchpad is working well. Gmail has a reputation of
being slow with list mail.

> Chris
> 
> On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 8:23 AM, Curtis Hovey
> <curtis.hovey at canonical.com> wrote:
>         
>         On Sat, 2008-11-22 at 14:45 -0800, Chris Garcia wrote:
>         > I'm not receiving a confirmation email from Launchpad when I
>         register.
>         > I've tried twice, I'm using gmail, I've checked my spam
>         folder, and
>         > it's been a few hours.
>         
>         
>         I just tested Launchpad. It is sending emails. I used a
>         non-gmail
>         address.
>         
>         Launchpad uses x-headers to mark the origin and intent of its
>         messages
>         to simply mail filtering and tracking, but I do not think
>         gmail supports
>         this kind of filtering.
>         
>                X-Generated-By: Launchpad (canonical.com);
>         Revision="7316";
>                 Instance="launchpad-lazr.conf"
>         
>         I believe the message will be from
>         
>                Login Service <noreply at launchpad.net>
>         
>         --
>         __Curtis C. Hovey_________
>         http://launchpad.net/
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> "The Brescian monk, Francesco de Lana-Terzi, was the first person to
> unambiguously propose that human ascent could be achieved by using the
> lighter-than-air principle. However, he made no attempt to construct
> his 'flying boat' -- literally a wooden boat designed to be lifted by
> four hollow spherical vessels. Instead of floating in air, de Lana
> became filled with inner heaviness. He believed his application was
> immoral and would be prevented by the Creator." --Graham Dorrington
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