Re: How to use reportbug
On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:47:15 +0200, dAgeCKo wrote:
> I wanted to use reportbug to report several bugs. But when reportbug
> does not crash, it does not send the bug report via email.
He, I feel your pain >:-)
> Could someone explain me how to configure it so that it can effectively
> send the report ?
When you first run it, it will ask you about some configuration
parameters that you have to provide. After that, when you end a report,
it will ask you for the password to authenticate against your smtp server.
You know a report has been properly sent once you receive an ACK e-mail
from Debian BTS with a link to your bug report.
> I configure it with standard, gtk2, I say yes when asked if reportbug
> will often have direct internet access, I use this email adress (which
> works fine with Icedove), I say I don't have any MTA, I use smtp.free.fr
> as the smtp host and dagecko as the user name; no encryption, no proxy
> (it is the exact same configuration that for Icedove).
That's okay, the same goes for my Gmail e-mail address. Anyway, in Squeze
there is no question about
> When it doesn't crash after the found reported bugs, it fails to send
> the email. It says server AUTH not supported by the server.
Ah, maybe is that your e-mail server provider does not use "smtp auth"
but a different authentication method (e.g., pop3 before smtp?) :-?
> It is the same if I uncomment the last 3 options in ~/.reportbugrc.
>
> What should I do ?
Check your e-mail account setup and your e-mail server capabilities.
> For now, I will report bugs by email.
This method, although annoying, barely fails :-P
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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