On 12/11/24 7:30 PM, Alec Leamas wrote:
On 12/11/24 6:35 PM, sre4e...@free.fr wrote:
Le 2024-12-11 13:52, Pirate Praveen a écrit :
reportbug can talk SMTP directly, is that not enough for you?
without configuring an smtp server? If I run reportbug and clicks
submit, does it send mail without any extra configurations?
It does, and that works for me (though maybe not from some places
that block some traffic).
Well, "some places" includes basically all home users, at least in
Sweden where I live. This is not about ISPs blocking "some traffic",
they only block outgoing smtp traffic on default ports. The reasons are
obvious.
That is, it's often a pain to set up outgoing SMTP. As a user you do it
for your MTA since you just have to. But a CLI tool to report Debian
bugs? Will not be configured by any newcomer if you ask me.
Many firewalls (for example in offices) also block almost every port
other than 80 or 443. So it'd still be valuable to have a web based
reportbug interface.
