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From: Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
To: ding@gnus.org
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Outgoing mail defaults
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:22:59 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mxkt38u4.fsf@lifelogs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: m3tyf1wsku.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org

On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:43:45 +0100 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> wrote: 

LMI> David Reitter <david.reitter@gmail.com> 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




  reply	other threads:[~2011-03-17 18:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-17 17:04 Outgoing mail defaults Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-03-17 17:17 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-17 17:31   ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-03-17 18:18     ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-17 18:33       ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-03-17 19:35         ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-17 17:25 ` David Reitter
2011-03-17 17:43   ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-03-17 18:22     ` Ted Zlatanov [this message]
2011-03-18 14:10       ` John Sullivan
2011-03-17 19:02     ` David Reitter
2011-03-17 22:27       ` chad
2011-03-18  2:38         ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-18  4:17           ` chad
     [not found]           ` <87bp14ntn8.fsf@topper.koldfront.dk>
2011-03-21 19:50             ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-17 20:57 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-03-19 19:11 ` Chong Yidong
2011-03-20  1:41   ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-20  3:06     ` Stefan Monnier
2011-03-20 12:20       ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-21 14:20         ` Stefan Monnier
2011-03-21 19:42           ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-21 22:14             ` Stefan Monnier
2011-03-22  2:01               ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-29 19:22     ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-03-29 19:34       ` Application resource storage (was: Outgoing mail defaults) Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-03-29 19:58         ` Application resource storage Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-29 20:14           ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-03-29 21:02             ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-29 20:51           ` chad
2011-03-29 21:23       ` Outgoing mail defaults Stefan Monnier
2011-03-22 11:26 ` Simon Josefsson
2011-04-16 16:45 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-04-16 16:47   ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-04-16 16:51   ` Ted Zlatanov

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