On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 10:30:12AM +0100, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote:
> Richard Antony Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Until recently this worked fine, but now I'm getting:
> > Connecting to master.debian.org via SMTP...
> > SMTP send failure: {'[EMAIL PROTECTED]': (550, 'relay not permitted')}

> Don't you think this bug could be better solved by having master relay
> mail for bugs.debian.org? That would resolve the problem for new and
> existing installs alike and would not require updating the package in
> stable as Simon suggested. It would seem like the best fix for me.

> Or is there a concern in having master accept mail for bugs.debian.org?

Spam.

It was never correct to hard-code master as an SMTP relay for reportbug;
even when it *was* an MX for bugs, the correct behavior would have been to
do an MX lookup for bugs.debian.org.  Now, it's a problem because master.d.o
is no longer an MX for bugs.d.o (and should not be).

-- 
Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
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