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Bug#1114986: sudo: Strange Defaults regarding mail

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Hello Sven,

thanks for filing this.

On Fri, Sep 12, 2025 at 02:39:06PM +0200, Sven Geggus wrote:
> looking at the default Email options in sudo I was wondering about the
> rationale behind them.
> 
> Currently we have this:
> Defaults	mail_badpass

I think that's just a case of "we have always done it that way". Bdale 
commited that back in 2012.

> My personal opinion is that all mail should be off by default (like e.g.  in
> the package unattended-upgrades) because nowerdays most systems do likely
> not even have an MTA configured in a way which will direct mail to root to a
> reasonable target.

I can follow you here. I am inclined to remove that Defaults line (in 
unstable and therfore in forky) and put in a debian/NEWS item 
documenting the change.

What does the rest of the team think?

Greetings
Marc

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Bug#1114986: sudo: Strange Defaults regarding mail Sven Geggus <lists@fuchsschwanzdomain.de> - 2025-09-12 15:30 +0200
  Bug#1114986: sudo: Strange Defaults regarding mail Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de> - 2025-09-12 17:20 +0200
    Bug#1114986: sudo: Strange Defaults regarding mail Alexander Reichle-Schmehl <alexander@schmehl.info> - 2025-09-15 18:30 +0200
      Bug#1114986: sudo: Strange Defaults regarding mail Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de> - 2025-09-16 09:40 +0200
      Bug#1114986: sudo: Strange Defaults regarding mail Sven Geggus <sven-debian@geggus.net> - 2025-09-18 17:00 +0200

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