[Reportbug-maint] Bug#733885: reportbug: Encrypt SMTP connection with TLS as default

[Sandro Tosi]

> The "safest bet" will only be the most-likely setting to work (in the
> 90s). But to stress that, nowerdays most of the mail servers (lets say
> T-Online for instance) do not even allow non-encrypted client
> connections any more.

In Italy that's not the case (f.e. Libero/Infostrada), and I'm sure in
several other countries where IPSes are not that enlightened.

> The second argument: "whats private about the mail?"
> The bug report mail itself is totally low priority in body and meta
> data. And TLS does not ensure that, since it is only transport securtiy.
> But I actually prefer to keep the login+credentials of my complete
> *mailbox* private when I report a bug (and tls ensures that).

that makes perfect sense, but only in the case you need to
authenticate to send mails, which is not always the case.

Regards,
-- 
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