[PATCH 0 of 2] add the template keyword 'children'

[Matt Mackall]

On Fri, 2010-07-23 at 01:14 +0200, Mads Kiilerich wrote:
> Martin Geisler wrote, On 07/23/2010 12:40 AM:
> >> I don't think trying to detect SMTP settings would be of much help. I
> >> guess that most users will use webmail or connect to a remote
> >> imap/pop3/smtp server anyway.
> > It is that remote SMTP server that I figured we can get hold of.
> 
> It is a configuration of the users mail application, not a system 
> setting, so I doubt that it is feasible to retrieve anything usable 
> there. YMMV.
> 
> >> Improved support for keyring or
> >> http://mercurial.selenic.com/bts/issue2141 could perhaps help more. A
> >> default configuration for gmail (and others?) could perhaps also help.
> >> And perhaps also a configuration for connecting (unauthenticated)
> >> directly to waste.org?
> > Ehm, no... we cannot operate an unauthenticated SMTP relay, if that is
> > what you are suggesting?
> 
> 
> Agreed, open relays are so 80ies.
> 
> But "all" mail servers accepts unauthenticated smtp for local 
> destinations. That is also technology from the 80ies, but it is 
> unfortunately still used for mail delivery.
> 
> waste.org accepts mail for mercurial-devel at selenic.com. IIRC it uses 
> greylisting, but I don't know if it also uses "dial-up" blacklisting or 
> other too-smart-for-this-hack anti-spam measures.

Greylisting by itself is already too smart. Unless you're prepared to
queue and resend mail (ie you're a real mail server), you can't send
mail to this server.

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