[Popcon-developers] Bug#502159: Bug#502159: Bug#502159: popularity-contest: when HTTP fails, tries MAILTO: no dpkg-configure options

[Bill Allombert]

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 09:40:17PM -1000, Ryo Furue wrote:
> Petter,
> 
> Thank you for your response.
> 
> | > I think this behavior should be configurable through
> | > "dpkg-reconfigure popularity-contest", because
> | > 
> | > 1) There are many users whose MTA only allows local delivery;
> | > 2) How to change configuration isn't clear.
> | 
> | The correct way is to add a line with
> | 
> |   MAILTO=
> | 
> | in /etc/popularity-contest.conf, to override the default email
> | address.
> 
> Thanks.  I was actually able to figure that out by reading
> /etc/cron.daily/popularity-contest . 
> 
> |  I agree that this should be mentioned in the manual page, at
> | the very least. :)

I suggest that the attached patch be applied to the FAQ.
This replace an outdated question by the following:
- - - - - - - - - - -
Q) How can I prevent popularity-contest to send report via email ?

A) This is not recommended. Report are sent by email only when the HTTP
submission fails which is generally caused by a temporary lack of internet
connectivity. By contrast, reports sent by email are stored in the mail server
queue until the internet connectivity is back.

Nevertheless, you can prevent popularity-contest to send report via email by adding
MAILTO=
to /etc/popularity-contest.conf
- - - - - - - - - - - 

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

Imagine a large red swirl here. 
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Index: FAQ
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--- FAQ	(r?vision 637)
+++ FAQ	(copie de travail)
@@ -75,15 +75,16 @@
     su myuser -s /bin/sh -c "/usr/sbin/sendmail -oi \"$MAILTO\""
   }
 
-Q) My system is unable to send email out to the Internet.  How can I
-participate ?
+Q) How can I prevent popularity-contest to send report via email ?
 
-A) Since version 1.30 of popularity-contest, it is possible to use HTTP
-as the transport protocol.  This is the default for new installations,
-but needs to be manually enabled for old installations.  To enable it,
-run this commmand as root:
+A) This is not recommended. Report are sent by email only when the HTTP
+submission fails which is generally caused by a temporary lack of internet
+connectivity. By contrast, reports sent by email are stored in the mail server
+queue until the internet connectivity is back.
 
-  dpkg-reconfigure popularity-contest
+Nevertheless, you can prevent popularity-contest to send report via email by adding
+MAILTO= 
+to /etc/popularity-contest.conf
 
 Q) How can I specify a HTTP proxy server for the HTTP submission ?