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 This replace an outdated question by the following: - - - - - - - - - - - Q) How can I prevent popularity-contest to send report via email ?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. <ballo...@debian.org> Imagine a large red swirl here.
Index: FAQ =================================================================== --- FAQ (révision 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 ?