[Popcon-developers] question regarding http submission and http proxy

[Bill Allombert]

On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 04:07:29AM +0530, shirish शिरीष wrote:
> Hi all,
>       I do not have an MTA installed. I installed the
> popularity-contest very recently. I also went to popcon FAQ page
> http://popcon.debian.org/FAQ

Hello Shirish,
Thanks for your interest in Debian popularity-contest.

> I am sorry I am new to the Debian world.
> 
> This is the configuration in my /etc/popularity-contest.conf
> 
> MY_HOSTID="alphanumericmask"
> PARTICIPATE="yes"
> USEHTTP="yes"
> DAY="6"
> 
> Now would that just do it by itself or do I need to do any more changes?
> 
> I am a bit confused about the http proxy server business. Is that
> needed in case the an MTA (mail transfer agent) is not set up.

This is needed if you need to use an HTTP proxy to access the web. You would know if you
needed it.

> Somehow do feel that the document is incomplete and doesn't give
> enough directions for guys not using servers.

Install anacron and everything should work fine.

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe at debian.org>

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