On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 09:31:46AM +1000, Brian May wrote: > The days where every Linux computer has to have a working MTA are > gone, and typically tends to be very painful especially for > portable/laptop computers which may not have no single way to send > outgoing mail that is guaranteed to always work (e.g. networks often > block direct outgoing SMTP connections). You can use "smtphost reportbug.debian.org" in the configuration file. As for blocking direct outgoing SMTP connections: lakeview ok % sudo nmap -sS -p587 reportbug.debian.org [sudo] password for bmc: Starting Nmap 5.00 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2010-07-22 23:58 UTC Interesting ports on busoni.debian.org (140.211.15.34): PORT STATE SERVICE 587/tcp open submission Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.81 seconds > It is annoying to have to setup a working MTA just in order to be able > to report a bug. All you really need is a working email address to put in the From line and an Internet connection. That's it. -- brian m. carlson / brian with sandals: Houston, Texas, US +1 832 623 2791 | http://www.crustytoothpaste.net/~bmc | My opinion only OpenPGP: RSA v4 4096b: 88AC E9B2 9196 305B A994 7552 F1BA 225C 0223 B187
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