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Re: [PATCH] send-email: squelch warning from Net::SMTP::SSL

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Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 5, 2013, 10:52 UTC
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John Keeping wrote:
> I don't think this is really "fix", it's more plastering over the
> problem.

It defaulted to SSL_VERIFY_NONE before Net::SMTP::SSL was updated, and the behavior hasn't changed now. The new version simply asks us to be explicit about SSL_VERIFY_NONE, so we are aware about it.

> I'd rather leave this as it is (complete with the big scary error
> message) and eventually fix it properly by letting the user specify the
> ca_file or ca_path.  Perhaps we can even set a sensible default,
> although I expect this needs to be platform-specific.

Nothing scary about it: it eats up real estate, and that is annoying. I personally couldn't care less about ca_file, since all my emails are to public mailing lists anyway. Work on specifying a proper ca_file as a follow-up, if you so desire.

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  1. send-email: squelch warning from Net::SMTP::SSLRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 5, 2013
  2. John KeepingJul 5, 2013
  3. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 5, 2013
  4. Matthieu MoyJul 5, 2013
  5. Colin GuthrieJul 26, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoJul 29, 2013
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