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Re: Outgoing mail defaults


From: Ted Zlatanov
Subject: Re: Outgoing mail defaults
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:22:59 -0500
User-agent: Gnus/5.110014 (No Gnus v0.14) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux)

On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:43:45 +0100 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <address@hidden> 
wrote: 

LMI> David Reitter <address@hidden> writes:
>> One could also configure an open SMTP server that only accepts e-mail
>> to the specific bug reporting addresses, which is then used as a
>> default for bug reporting.

LMI> Many ISPs block port 25 for outgoing traffic, so it's probably better
LMI> not to rely on that working.  But it could be used as a fallback if
LMI> smtpmail hasn't been configured, or if it fails when sending the bug
LMI> report, perhaps?

LMI> And the open SMTP server could also listen on an alternative port to
LMI> avoid firewall issues slightly more.

It's got to be a web form.  Nowadays most people are firewalled off for
outbound mail on any port.  I'd use hashcash to verify the sender's good
intentions and to ensure the form submission is from an Emacs client.
This would benefit Emacs in general...

Ted




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