[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] Suggestion for a Nicer Integration with GitHub

[Kieran Kunhya]

On Thu, 12 Aug 2021, 13:11 Nicolas George, <george at nsup.org> wrote:

> Kieran Kunhya (12021-08-12):
> > It is practically impossible to use git send-email without running your
> own
> > mail server and having all the problems that entails (managing spam,
> making
> > sure you are not blacklisted etc).
>
> You can set up a mail server configured to only accept outgoing e-mail
> and relay everything to the SMTP server of your mail provider. It is one
> of the supported by configuration by Debian automatic configuration, and
> probably other distributions, which means you only need to answer a few
> questions like "what is the SMTP server of your mail provider?", and
> have none of the problems you are evoking because your server, from the
> outside, would just be another mail client.


I'll just leave that paragraph there for posterity.


> Or you could install msmtp, which does the same thing but is even
> simpler.
>
> Or you could peruse the documentation of git send-email
> <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-send-email> and look if... oh, it's there,
> there a whole section about connecting to a SMTP server directly.
>
> In short, you could check your facts before wasting everybody's time
> with misinformation.
>

Thank you for confirming you need to setup a mail server to use git
send-email.

Kieran

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