[Popcon-developers] Bug#722228: Bug#722228: popularity-contest may send mail with a wrong domain by default

[Bill Allombert]

On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 08:02:30PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 10:58:08AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > Package: popularity-contest
> > Version: 1.60
> > Severity: minor
> > 
> > When HTTP fails, popularity-contest tries to send the report by
> > e-mail, but it may send the mail with a wrong domain:
> > 
> > -Queue ID- --Size-- ----Arrival Time---- -Sender/Recipient-------
> > C801338C008    58413 Mon Sep  9 09:06:27  root at xvii.vinc17.org
> > (host ioooi.vinc17.net[92.243.22.117] said: 450 4.1.8 <root at xvii.vinc17.org>: Sender address rejected: Domain not found (in reply to RCPT TO command))
> >                                          survey at popcon.debian.org
> > 
> > -- 57 Kbytes in 1 Request.
> > 
> > Of course, e-mail configuration can be changed (I didn't use address
> > rewriting for root because root isn't normally expected to send mail
> > to remote addresses), but I don't think that the user is expected to
> > do that just for popularity-contest; this requirement isn't even
> > documented.
> 
> Hello Vincent, Sorry for the late answer.
> 
> The popcon.debian.org mail server is supposed to accept email with invalid sender 
> address. If it is no more the case, then this is a bug that should be fixed in the
> server, not in the package.
> 
> Do you know if the problem still occur ?

As far as I can see it does.

2014-02-24 21:54:30 1WI2Xm-0001Mu-Rw <= root at yellowpig.invalid U=root P=local S=353
2014-02-24 21:54:31 1WI2Xm-0001Mu-Rw ** test at popcon.debian.org R=smarthost T=remote_smtp_smarthost: SMTP error from remote mail server after MAIL FROM:<root at yellowpig.invalid> SIZE=1387: host smtp.free.fr [2a01:e0c:1::25]: 550 5.1.8 <root at yellowpig.invalid>: Sender address rejected: Domain
not found

I will ask Debian admin to fix it.

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe at debian.org>

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