On Fri, 30 Nov 2018 13:17:51 -0500, Alexandre Viau <av...@debian.org> wrote: >Debian could provide MTAs and force DDs to use them if they want to send >from a @debian email. I would consider this reasonable. > >The "flexibility" of sending mails from any MTA isn't really relevant if >you ask me. I could configure gmail to send mails trough Debian-hosted >SMTP servers and still use gmail to send my emails. > >The real answer to "everyone can send from debian.org addresses" isn't: >"this is a generic email problem". The answer is: "Debian has this >problem because it wants to support everyone's workflows and configs". > >It just isn't true that the common user wants to be able to send emails >from any MTA. Power users might, but the common user is happy to >configure its mail client however you tell him to.
DDs are - per definition - power users. If I could vote for which idea Debian mail admin time is dedicated (which I cannot since Debian admins are volunteers and can choose what to work on), I'd vote for better spam filtering on @packages.debian.org and @alioth-lists.debian.net, probably using the crossassassin mechanism that @lists.debian.org already uses. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834
