[Reportbug-maint] Bug#502866: reportbug cannot work without local MTA or remote smtp host
Lars Noodén
lars at umich.edu
Mon Oct 20 18:06:37 UTC 2008
Sandro Tosi wrote:
> Do you know any of such services?
You can't use this one but you can make one like it:
http://www.umich.edu/~umweb/how-to/cgi-scripts/htmail.html
we've had it since 1994 or so...
They're dead simple to write.
> I don't...
Hmm. Are you really, really sure?
I'll try again. The wish is this:
reportbug gets some data from the system and the user.
report bug transfers this data using web technology.
said web technology transfers this data into the existing system
-- all without using or configuring mail
once the report is into the regular system it then operates as normal
(mail and all)
> If you want this, then
> please fill a wishlist bugreport on debbugs asking for such an
I can do that but I'll need the URL for debbugs, please.
> interface, then get back to us. As you formulated this bug, we cannot
> solve it (but I won't close it yet, just to track the request)
>
>> Wget is part of busybox and basic debian:
>
> No need of wget to accomplish this: python has planty of ways to POST
> data on a URL.
Ok. Python works too. So does Perl. Whatever lets us avoid messing
with MTAs.
Regards
-Lars
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