From: tschoening Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 19:28:17 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Update essential-post-install-config.rst X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ba519821ec0489fbb886f58965615d67bb5bae16;p=thirdparty%2Fbugzilla.git Update essential-post-install-config.rst Added some notes about sendmail.exe, because Sendmail may be usefuk for that even in 2014. --- diff --git a/docs/en/rst/installing/essential-post-install-config.rst b/docs/en/rst/installing/essential-post-install-config.rst index 7611d35893..975bbadee9 100644 --- a/docs/en/rst/installing/essential-post-install-config.rst +++ b/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