Author: adsb
Date: 2009-05-29 06:34:23 +0000 (Fri, 29 May 2009)
New Revision: 1893

Modified:
   trunk/debian/changelog
   trunk/scripts/bts.pl
Log:
bts: Add a note to the description of --smtp-server explaining that
reportbug.debian.org does not support relaying and is therefore not a
suitable server to use in circumstances where [email protected]
may be automatically Cced.

Modified: trunk/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- trunk/debian/changelog      2009-05-28 23:11:45 UTC (rev 1892)
+++ trunk/debian/changelog      2009-05-29 06:34:23 UTC (rev 1893)
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 devscripts (2.10.51) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   [ Adam D. Barratt ]
+  * bts: Add a note to the description of --smtp-server explaining that
+    reportbug.debian.org does not support relaying and is therefore not a
+    suitable server to use in circumstances where [email protected]
+    may be automatically Cced.
   * checkbashisms:
     + Detect shellscript wrappers that use "then" or "else" before calling
       exec.  Thanks, Raphael Geissert.  (Closes: #530815)

Modified: trunk/scripts/bts.pl
===================================================================
--- trunk/scripts/bts.pl        2009-05-28 23:11:45 UTC (rev 1892)
+++ trunk/scripts/bts.pl        2009-05-29 06:34:23 UTC (rev 1893)
@@ -297,6 +297,13 @@
 --cc-addr or BTS_DEFAULT_CC that the SMTP host will not relay will cause the
 SMTP host to reject the entire mail.
 
+Note also that the use of the reassign command may, when either interactive
+or force-interactive mode is enabled, lead to the automatic addition of a Cc
+to [email protected].  In these cases, the note above regarding
+relaying applies.  The submission interface (port 587) on reportbug.debian.org
+does not support relaying and, as such, should not be used as an SMTP server
+for B<bts> under the circumstances described in this paragraph.
+
 =item --smtp-username=USERNAME, --smtp-password=PASSWORD
 
 Specify the credentials to use when connecting to the SMTP server



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