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On 14/11/2013 17:55, Tanstaafl wrote: |
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> On 2013-11-14 10:28 AM, Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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>> Nevermind, removed the smtp.example.com entry that wasn't supposed to be |
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>> there... |
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>> Now to get SASL_AUTH working... |
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> Ok, imnsho, the comments in /usr/share/portage/config/make.conf.example |
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> are not sufficiently explicit... |
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>> # port: port to use on the given smtp |
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>> server (defaults to 25, values > 100000 indicate that starttls should |
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>> be used on (port-100000)) |
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>> # Examples: |
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>> #PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILURI="root@localhost localhost" (this is also the |
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>> default setting) |
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>> #PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILURI="user@××××.domain mail.some.domain" (sends mails |
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>> to user@××××.domain using the mailserver mail.some.domain) |
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>> #PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILURI="user@××××.domain |
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>> user:secret@×××××××××.domain:100465" (this is left uncommented as a |
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>> reader exercise ;) |
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> It is unclear from this text that the first three characters of the |
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> specified port are IGNORED... |
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> I had been trying user:secret@×××××××××.domain:587, and it kept failing |
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> as if it wasn't using STARTTLS... then I started down a rabbit hole of |
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> trying to configure postfix's sasl client, then decided that was way |
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> overkill for what I was trying to accomplish... |
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> Then in a flash of inspiration, I decided to try 100587 for the port and |
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> it just worked. |
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> Anyway, on to prepping for building my first initramfs this weekend... |
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You used the words "it is unclear". |
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I think you are being way too kind. I hadn't read that doc until you |
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posted this thread, so when I did read it my reaction was ... let's just |
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say it was unprintable and involved repeated excessive use of the words |
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"fuck", "moron", "brain donor" and other such things. Not directed at |
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you of course, but at the document author. |
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Of all the brain-dead stupid ideas I've seen in IT, that one rates up |
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there with the best of them. Hidden magic behaviour triggered by hidden |
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magic data that is in direct opposition to how we have done port |
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assignments for 30 years at least. |
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Thanks for bringing this to the attention of the list as a whole. |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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