Sounds like a bug in your MTA configuration, not reportbug. Can you send any mail whatsoever from this box using /usr/sbin/sendmail or any command-line mailers like mailx?
I strongly suspect a perusal of /var/log/mail.log will discover the problem. On 11/25/05, Johannes Wiedersich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This report appears to be a dupe of 316608 (fixed in sid) anyway... > > No, opposed to 316608, here no mail is sent at all, all data typed into > the bug report is lost. > > IMHO this should be fixed in sarge via a security update. Users of > debian trying to report bugs will be scared away, when their carefully > crafted bug reports are sent into nirvana without error message or > producing any kind of log-report. > > Output of reportbug: > Sending message via /usr/sbin/sendmail... > > Bug report submitted to: "Debian Bug Tracking System" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Copies sent to: > "Johannes Wiedersich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > If you want to provide additional information, please wait to receive > the bug tracking number via email; > you may then send any extra information to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (e.g. [EMAIL PROTECTED]), where n is the bug > number. Normally you will receive an > acknowledgement via email including the bug > report number within an hour. > > > No mail is actually sent anywhere, no output in log files, bug report > discarded. > > User configuration: > editor: joe > MTA: exim4 via smarthost > > sending mail via 'mail' works; smarthost is available. > > -- Chris Lawrence - http://blog.lordsutch.com/
