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Date:      Tue, 11 Mar 2003 12:09:31 -0600
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        Christopher Nehren <apeiron@comcast.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: send-pr(1) requires local mail daemon, breach of contract for	Comcast users
Message-ID:  <20030311180931.GA50327@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <1047405242.3393.59.camel@prophecy>
References:  <1047405242.3393.59.camel@prophecy>

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In the last episode (Mar 11), Christopher Nehren said:
> I'm running FreeBSD as the only operating system on my home machine,
> using Comcast non-professional as my ISP. My problem is that send-pr
> is written to use a local mail daemon to send mail to the GNATS
> submission site. Running a mail daemon, however, is strictly and
> expressly prohibited by Comcast's Terms of Service. Is there another
> way of submitting bug reports that doesn't require me to either
> breach my contract with my ISP, or manually copy and paste text for
> each report (yes, I've checked the web interface, which is 'currently
> disabled')?

I'm sure runing an incoming mail daemon is the prohibited part.  Just
using it to send messages can't be prohibited imho.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com

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