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[Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> You are right of course.  The "fix" fixed only one of the 3 issues and
> that incompletely.  Call it a plaster rather than a fix.
>
> A proper fix requires the addition of fields in the email setup
> configuration which currently has just hostname, username and
> password.
>
> In addition what is required are:
> port number, reply to address (these could be populated with defaults)
> and probably a checkbox for no smtp authentication required.
>
> I know Lars was concerned about having too much to configure but I
> think the above would be fine provided there were sensible defaults.
> Lars, what do you think.


I think its just fine, lets add these fields and set sensible defaults.

Both postfix and exim seem to be part of the main Ubuntu repository so
adding a few lines on how to set it up in the installation docs would be
fine too.