On Tue, 2006-05-16 at 13:20 -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Don Armstrong wrote: > > > > reportbug sends mail to wherever it is configured; the default setup > > should be to send mail to bugs.debian.org, not the ISP's smtp server, > > since that can't be known in advance. [I don't know if this is the > > default now, but it should be the default.] > > > > Except that many ISPs now block outbound port 25 (at least on > consumer-level service), except for what is relayed through their mail > servers. > > I guess it is a bit of a catch-22. > > What about modifying it to work through something like an http POST?
That's what popcon does, I think. Remember, though, that reportbug *works*, simply and easily, be- cause it uses the $LANGUAGE smtp library. Why change what works? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA "You can either have software quality or you can have pointer arithmetic, but you cannot have both at the same time." Bertrand Meyer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
