I've come across the issue using reportbug 7.5.3~deb10u1.
Misconfiguring (in my case the server config has changed since the last
time I used reportbug) SMTP settings is a user error, but the output is
confusing, which makes the problem hard to notice, i.e. a reportbug
usability issue. See the partial output of my reportbug session below.
Connecting to <my_server> via SMTP...
Unable to send report to [email protected]: 554 b'5.7.1
<[email protected]>: Relay access denied'
Wrote bug report to
/tmp/reportbug-claws-mail-vcalendar-plugin-20210331-6084-iewah24q
Bug report submitted to: Debian Bug Tracking System
<[email protected]>
Copies sent to:
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Exit status "0" suggests everything completed successfully. So it would
seem reasonable to assume that "Unable to send" was a temporary error
and a retry succeeded because a further line says "report submitted".
Even though I did notice the error and assumed submission had actually
failed, I still waited for more than an hour to make sure I would not
submit a duplicate report.
