Re: Bug#242419: general: need for a webbased BTS
On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 10:41:57AM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote:
> On Wed, 07 Apr 2004, Riku Voipio wrote:
> > And as a bonus, reportbug could use HTTP to send bugs, and it would
> > not need to ask all the mail setup questions at all. Except for
> > reply-to address, ofcourse.
>
> I don't see how this is any different from using reportbug's internal
> SMTP setup which can send mail directly to master.debian.org. You just
> need to enter your name and your email address, answer "no" for the
> MTA question, and press return when it asks you for an SMTP host.
Lots of providers block outgoing port 25 for no good reason. I guess
most of these also block port 80 to force people to use their proxy,
so I don't know if this gains anything.
Frank
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"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.
Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan
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