Re: [msmtp-users] msmtp status update

[Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@...20...>]

Hi,

On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Martin Lambers <marlam@...23...> wrote:
> Currently, msmtp HEAD adds the passwordeval functionality, a few
> adjustments to the pretend/debug modes, and the usual gnulib update.
>
> I'd like to release version 1.4.22 in a week or so. If you know of any
> unfixed problems, or if you would like to see any further changes before
> the next release, please speak up.
>
> The 1.4.x series is now more than 5 years old, and the rate of changes
> has decreased steadily over time. In fact, currently I'm only reacting
> on the occasional bug report and integrate new features only when
> someone writes a patch. And it has become harder to find the time to do
> that lately, resulting in unduly long reaction times.
>
> Judging from the number of downloads, the number of subscribers to this
> list (> 90), the number of relatively recent blog posts about msmtp, and
> the fact that msmtp is included in many software collections (from major
> Linux distributions to small special purpose packages), it seems that
> msmtp is in relatively wide use for such a special purpose program.
> I therefore hope to find some help with maintaining and developing msmtp.
>
> If you would like to see more development activity, with more active
> tests, documentation improvements, cleanups, and feature additions,
> please consider to help.

I don't have much to offer except to say that msmtp is a really neat
application, and it doesn't really need much development since it's
already achieving it's purpose rather nicely. Personally, I have only
very small issues with it, but otherwise, it's perfect :)

Cheers.

-- 
Felipe Contreras