From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Rainer Orth <ro@CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
Cc: 30347@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#30347: smtpmail.el doesn't retry with authentication when greylisting is used
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 14:45:46 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fu3urog5.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87r2nejf62.fsf@gmail.com> (Robert Pluim's message of "Tue, 17 Apr 2018 12:33:25 +0200")
Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:
> Iʼm not sure I follow: the user has a matching machine in authinfo or
> wherever they keep their passwords, and the SMTP server advertizes
> AUTH support. Why would we not attempt authentication?
Because Emacs doesn't know that the user has a password entry in
~/.authinfo.gpg until the user has type the password. (If the user is
using password-protected ~/.authinfo files without a password agent,
that is.)
Since most SMTP is still unauthorised, "opportunistic" password sending
may not be welcome.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-04-17 12:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-02-04 14:01 bug#30347: smtpmail.el doesn't retry with authentication when greylisting is used Rainer Orth
2018-04-15 17:24 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2018-04-16 14:58 ` Robert Pluim
2018-04-16 18:45 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2018-04-17 10:33 ` Robert Pluim
2018-04-17 12:45 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2018-04-17 16:14 ` Robert Pluim
2020-09-07 20:49 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-08 9:59 ` Robert Pluim
2020-09-08 10:02 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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