Keeping Track
1.4.2 Mail header fields
A Problem Report may contain any mail header field described in the
Internet standard RFC-822. The send-pr tool can be configured
either to submit PRs to the support site by e-mail or by talking
directly to the gnatsd network daemon on the GNATS server.
This is also true for other client tools such as Gnatsweb. Even when
these tools are set up submit PRs directly to gnatsd, they will
still include mail header fields that identify the sender and the
subject in the submitted PR:
To:
- The mail address for the Support Site, automatically supplied by the
tool used to submit the PR or by the originator if plain e-mail was
used.
Subject:
- A terse description of the problem. This field normally contains the
same information as the
Synopsis field.
From:
- Supplied automatically when PRs are submitted by plain e-mail and when
well-behaved tools such as
send-pr are used; should always
contain the originator's e-mail address.
Reply-To:
- A return address to which electronic replies can be sent; in most cases,
the same address as the
From: field.
One of the configurable options for GNATS is whether or not to
retain Received-By headers, which often consume a lot of
space and are not often used. See section The dbconfig file.
