Added a comment: Additional advice?

[git.ikiwiki.info.git] / doc / todo / passwordauth:_sendmail_interface.mdwn

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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[[!tag wishlist]]
+[[!tag wishlist plugins/passwordauth]]
 
 For sending out password reminder emails, the [[plugins/passwordauth]] plugin currently uses
 the *[Mail::Sendmail](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Mail::Sendmail)* module.
@@ -35,11 +35,15 @@ in the ikiwiki source code, where emailing is done.
 OK, so I'll have a look at replacing all email handling with *Email::Send*.
 
 [[!tag patch]]
-*<http://www.thomas.schwinge.homeip.net/tmp/ikiwiki-sendmail.patch>*
+*<http://nic-nac-project.de/~schwinge/ikiwiki/0001-Use-Email-Send-instead-of-Mail-Sendmail.patch>*
 
 Remaining TODOs:
 
   * Resolve TODOs as denoted inside the patch.
+  * Update for the last years of ikiwiki development, such as adapting the
+    [[plugins/notifyemail]] plugin.
+  * Is this
+    [[UTF-8-safe|bugs/password_reset_fails_with___34__Wide_character_in_subroutine_entry__34__]]?
   * Is it worthwhile to use and depend on [[!cpan Return::Value]]
     just for this bit of functionality?
   * Debian news file.
@@ -52,3 +56,10 @@ Remaining TODOs:
 > lost it. --[[Joey]]
 
 Resent.  --[[tschwinge]]
+
+> Debian now has Mail::Sender, Mail::SendEasy, and Email::Sender
+> (which, according to its dpkg description, "replaces the old and sometimes
+> problematic Email::Send library, which did a decent job at handling very
+> simple email sending tasks, but was not suitable for serious use, for a
+> variety of reasons"). Are any of those any better? It's unfortunate that
+> there doesn't seem to be a clear "best practice"... --[[smcv]]