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Re: reportbug defaults [Re: Bug#367200: ITP: libemail-send-perl -- Simply Sending Email]



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?

-Roberto
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Roberto C. Sanchez
http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto

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