diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
index cf689b9ec9..778a4d4e2c 100644
--- a/.mailmap
+++ b/.mailmap
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-# This mailmap just translates the weird addresses from the original import into git
-# into proper addresses so that they are counted properly in git shortlog output.
-#
+# This mailmap fixes up author names/addresses.
+
+# The first section translates weird addresses from the original git import
+# into proper addresses so that they are counted properly by git shortlog.
 Andrzej Zaborowski <balrogg@gmail.com> balrog <balrog@c046a42c-6fe2-441c-8c8c-71466251a162>
 Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws> aliguori <aliguori@c046a42c-6fe2-441c-8c8c-71466251a162>
 Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws> Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
@@ -15,10 +16,19 @@ Paul Burton <paul.burton@mips.com> <paul.burton@imgtec.com>
 Paul Burton <paul.burton@mips.com> <paul@archlinuxmips.org>
 Thiemo Seufer <ths@networkno.de> ths <ths@c046a42c-6fe2-441c-8c8c-71466251a162>
 malc <av1474@comtv.ru> malc <malc@c046a42c-6fe2-441c-8c8c-71466251a162>
+
 # There is also a:
 #    (no author) <(no author)@c046a42c-6fe2-441c-8c8c-71466251a162>
 # for the cvs2svn initialization commit e63c3dc74bf.
-#
+
+# Next, translate a few commits where mailman rewrote the From: line due
+# to strict SPF, although we prefer to avoid adding more entries like that.
+Ed Swierk <eswierk@skyportsystems.com> Ed Swierk via Qemu-devel <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>
+Ian McKellar <ianloic@google.com> Ian McKellar via Qemu-devel <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>
+Julia Suvorova <jusual@mail.ru> Julia Suvorova via Qemu-devel <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>
+Justin Terry (VM) <juterry@microsoft.com> Justin Terry (VM) via Qemu-devel <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>
+
+
 # Also list preferred name forms where people have changed their
 # git author config
 Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>