Christopher venit, vidit, dixit 2026-09-04 19:58:53: > I was thinking... I'm actually surprised that sending email from a > different service provider works at all, using a Fedora committer > email address. With modern email security checks, I'm surprised it > doesn't just get blocked since it's not being sent from a > fedoraproject.org SMTP server. I don't know enough about how this > works to fully consider the pros and cons of alternatives.
I've had my fp.o address rejected by some mailing lists or recipients (sent via GMail) because of the mismatch between domains. It deoends on how strict the receiving end is. > If Fedora > provided its own SMTP server, then I think it would be easy to > consider alternatives, like Thunderbird. But, I think Fedora would ... including SPF/DKIM, or else some receivers (such as Gmail) will reject those mails, too. This, plus > probably have to provide the ability to create an application password > to authenticate to an SMTP server, because it shouldn't be > unauthenticated, and Fedora's MFA might be a bit troublesome with it. makes it something that needs maintenance. Michael -- _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new
