Re: test suite fails if sh != bash || tar != GNU tar

["David Frech" <david@nimblemachines.com>]

On 7/11/07, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> "David Frech" <david@nimblemachines.com> writes:
>
> > One issue is that my server is on dynamic IP, and my lame ISP (the
> > local telco) doesn't give me a proper SMTP relay - they want us to
> > send our mail via HTTP to MSN! Completely lame.
> >
> > So sending mail can be an issue, if the receiver blocks mail from dynamic IPs.
>
> I think I heard gmail has incoming SMTP for its subscribers, and
> I would not be surprised if other free e-mail providers have the
> same.  Perhaps you can use one of them for this purpose?

Yes, I have managed to relay thru gmail. It was a bit hard to set up -
build Postfix with SASL, sniff the traffic to figure out who signed
gmail's SSL cert (Thawte), download CA cert - but I know how to do it.
;-)

The downside is, the gmail relay rewrites the headers in annoying
ways, so I'm not using it in general. If necessary I could relay just
the "build breakage" thru them.

Actually my incoming nimblemachines.com mail gets sent from my dynamic
IP thru normal (non-AUTH, non-SSL) SMTP to gmail, and they accept it
fine. So if I can send the build results to a gmail account, there are
no problems. Hmm - and that account could forward to the git list...

- David

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