From: Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org>
To: Justus-bulk@Piater.name
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: password-cache for smtpmail.el
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:21:14 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87hcgbfwkl.fsf@mocca.josefsson.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <x8tk5l9matm.fsf@tool.montefiore.ulg.ac.be> (Justus-bulk@piater.name's message of "Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:04:37 +0100")
Justus-bulk@Piater.name writes:
> Hi -
>
> Following up to an exchange I had almost two years ago:
>
> Simon Josefsson wrote on Tue, 04 Apr 2006 15:34:24 +0200:
>
>> ... The proper fix is for smtpmail.el to use password.el.
>
> I attach a simple patch that does this. I tested it with emacs 22.1.
>
> The patch also applies against the latest CVS (MAIN/HEAD) version
> 1.97, except that "password-cache" should be autoloaded instead of
> "password" for recent development emacsen.
>
> As a password key I simply reuse the prompt, as it appears to contain
> just the right information.
>
> The current version of smtpmail.el does not remember the password if
> .authinfo is used. I removed this condition because it prevents
> password caching for people who do not store passwords in .authinfo,
> and I do not see any harm caused by removing it.
>
> Could you test and apply the patch?
I noticed the patch was installed already, but for the record, I think
it looks fine.
Thanks!
/Simon
prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-14 14:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-13 10:04 password-cache for smtpmail.el Justus-bulk
2008-02-13 21:53 ` Bastien Guerry
2008-02-13 22:23 ` Glenn Morris
2008-02-13 23:56 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-02-14 1:58 ` Glenn Morris
2008-02-14 1:59 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-02-14 2:08 ` Glenn Morris
2008-02-14 2:00 ` Bastien
2008-02-14 2:10 ` Glenn Morris
2008-02-14 1:58 ` Bastien
2008-02-14 8:55 ` Justus-bulk
2008-02-14 15:01 ` Bastien
2008-02-14 14:21 ` Simon Josefsson [this message]
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