• Re: Bits from DPL / Feedback on attracting newcomers

    From Salvo Tomaselli@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jan 8 22:24:57 2025
    Copy: leamas.alec@gmail.com (Alec Leamas)

    Well, "some places" includes basically all home users, at least in
    Sweden where I live. This is not about ISPs blocking "some traffic",
    they only block outgoing smtp traffic on default ports. The reasons are obvious.

    That is, it's often a pain to set up outgoing SMTP. As a user you do it
    for your MTA since you just have to. But a CLI tool to report Debian
    bugs? Will not be configured by any newcomer if you ask me.

    --alec

    Have you actually tried doing it? You basically enter your name, email address and press enter a bunch of time to use the default settings. After that the configuration file exists and you can just report bugs.

    If your provider is blocking all outgoing emails, I'd probably change
    provider, but I find it rather hard to believe. Anyway in sweden bahnhof is probably the best option. I have a static IP and no weird blocks of anything.

    Best
    --
    Salvo Tomaselli

    "Io non mi sento obbligato a credere che lo stesso Dio che ci ha dotato di senso, ragione ed intelletto intendesse che noi ne facessimo a meno."
    -- Galileo Galilei

    https://ltworf.codeberg.page/
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