From ef5b53284599b86f94f68f71c9aee5a74d27002f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "bzrmirror%bugzilla.org" Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2014 22:27:27 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update essential-post-install-config.rst Added some notes about sendmail.exe, because Sendmail may be usefuk for that even in 2014. git-svn-id: svn://10.0.0.236/trunk@265730 18797224-902f-48f8-a5cc-f745e15eee43 --- mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/.bzrrev | 2 +- mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/.gitrev | 2 +- .../installing/essential-post-install-config.rst | 16 ++++++++++++---- 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/.bzrrev b/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/.bzrrev index 2e8cbf38277..63e64fd982e 100644 --- a/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/.bzrrev +++ b/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/.bzrrev @@ -1 +1 @@ -9256 \ No newline at end of file +9257 \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/.gitrev b/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/.gitrev index c7a3afc2eec..812a57eee28 100644 --- a/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/.gitrev +++ b/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/.gitrev @@ -1 +1 @@ -3d4b587c9270c272178e1d2be6f7c9e71393c22d \ No newline at end of file +ba519821ec0489fbb886f58965615d67bb5bae16 \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/docs/en/rst/installing/essential-post-install-config.rst b/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/docs/en/rst/installing/essential-post-install-config.rst index 7611d358934..975bbadee91 100644 --- a/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/docs/en/rst/installing/essential-post-install-config.rst +++ b/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/docs/en/rst/installing/essential-post-install-config.rst @@ -93,12 +93,20 @@ Run Your Own Mail Server This section corresponds to choosing a :param:`mail_delivery_method` of :paramval:`Sendmail`. -.. todo:: Do we still need this? Why would anyone want to do this in 2014? - Unless you know what you are doing, and can deal with the possible problems of spam, bounces and blacklists, it is probably unwise to set up your own -mail server just for Bugzilla. However, if you wish to do so, here is some -guidance. +mail server just for Bugzilla. However, if you wish to do so, some guidance +follows. Besides setting up a complete, local distinct mail server just for +Bugzilla, :paramval:`Sendmail` can as well be used if you really don't want +to do that: Especially on Windows there's a little application called +sendmail.exe_ which provides sendmail compatible calling conventions and +encapsulates the SMTP communication to another mail server. This may be +useful if you have trouble getting Perl packages for SMTP including encrypted +communication and such installed on Windows and therefore can't use Bugzilla's +buil-in support for SMTP. Like Bugzilla, sendmail.exe_ can be configured to +log SMTP communcation to files in case of problems. + + .. _sendmail.exe: http://glob.com.au/sendmail/ On Linux, any Sendmail-compatible MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) will suffice. Sendmail, Postfix, qmail and Exim are examples of common