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If you configured reportbug with an e-mail related to your hostname, you probably not configured it correctly. You need to give an SMTP server to it (preferably
by bayindirh 3y ago
If you configured reportbug with an e-mail related to your hostname, you probably not configured it correctly. You need to give an SMTP server to it (preferably your primary e-mail's one), and create an app password, or enter your password (if you don't use 2FA). Then it sends an e-mail from your account as you.
The good thing about reportbug is, it works on your system with your own configuration, and walks you through the process. Microsoft Windows has a full invasive API to enable that with web browsers.
The mailing list tool used by Debian (Majordomo) is a bit backwards, but you can send command e-mails to bugs to be added to CC, or be removed, or to reclassify stuff. The best thing about it, these e-mails are also logged, keeping a nice trail of "who did what, when" kind of information. Please keep in mind that Debian e-mail lists start in 1994, so there are a lot of things to migrate when things move.
I personally also like KDE's Bugzilla, but finding correct components is a pain sometimes, so I directly use "report a bug" tool under "Help".
I don't think reportbug is perfect, but it does its thing way better than it looks. Maybe it can be improved. I need to look into it.