VERP/GSOC Progress Report

March 2014

 * 1) Built local instance of Wikimedia Email-Web server model.(https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VERP/MicroTasks )
 * 2) Model consisted of two virtualboxes, Box1 (runing exim4 and MW core) sending emails via Box2 (running postfix).

April 2014

 * 1) Modified test environment: box1 has MW running -> sends the email -> intercepted by box2 -> routed to Box2 /var/mail/root. Box2 has external connection via NAT.
 * 2) Box2 rejects the mail, Box1 exim produce the bounce to wiki@wikimedia.org in /var/mail/wiki

Week 1: May 1 to May 11

 * 1) Shifted the above local instance to WikiTech labs ( under project mediawiki-verp ). box1verpnop sends the mail having box2verpnop as the smarthost which rejects all mails to wiki@wikimedia.org. The bounce is created by box1 in the /var/mail/root of box1verpnop.
 * 2) Discussion on shifting from PHP mailer to Swift mailer.

Week 2

 * 1) Overcome the SSH slow response time by mosh-ing into the Wikitech Server.
 * 2) University Exams

Week 3

 * 1) University Exams

Week 4

 * 1) Working on shifting the default PEAR mailer in mediawiki to Third Party - SwiftMailer.
 * 2) Submitted patch in gerrit (https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/135290/)