New smtp field on config

[Pedro Algarvio, aka, s0undt3ch <ufs@…>]

There's a need to introduce yet another field in trac.ini

Some mailing lists only accept mail if it's email address is on Cc or To.

Now, by default trac sends emails as BCc. Normally this will be fine cuz mailing list addresses are public, but what if a user also wants a copy to a private email address? Theres no way trac can handle this, unless we add smtp_always_bcc to smtp_always_cc, and probably we can remove allow_public_cc or leave it for compatability reasons.

Either way, trac should be able to address this issue.

See also #2861.

[Christopher Lenz]

We've experienced this problem when upgrading this very site to 0.10dev.

Emmanuel?

[Emmanuel Blot]

I fully agree we should move to explicit smtp_always_cc and smtp_always_bcc config option.

I've introduced the infamous allow_public_cc to avoid breaking the compatibility with the existing configuration, but I eventually find this choice a very bad idea.

If Trac developers are ok with removing this option and using explicit cc/bcc options, I can work on this change.

[Christopher Lenz]

+1

[Emmanuel Blot]

To sum up the conversation we had on IRC:

• create a new config option stmp_always_bcc
• rename allow_public_cc option with use_public_cc
  • this option will only be applied to the ticket CC: , reporter and owner fields, not to the smtp_always_* lists

→ mailing list address needs to be declared in the smtp_always_cc list.

[Emmanuel Blot]

Proposed patch - not complete, needs unit test(s)

[Emmanuel Blot]

Should be fixed in r3231