From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#41951: 28.0.50; Automatically detect AUTH=ANONYMOUS in Gnus nnimap? Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2020 21:12:49 -0700 Message-ID: <87wo30b0se.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <871rmb54wu.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87mu3wwbwd.fsf@gnus.org> <87a6zwci2m.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87blkctcqp.fsf@gnus.org> <875zakchrw.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <877dv0tcja.fsf@gnus.org> <871rl8cfw4.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87y2ngrw1x.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="31187"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 41951@debbugs.gnu.org, 41951-done@debbugs.gnu.org To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 19 06:13:21 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jx0hV-00080V-9o for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 19 Jul 2020 06:13:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34408 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jx0hT-0003Os-Pt for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 19 Jul 2020 00:13:19 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:35782) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jx0hC-0003ON-Vx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Jul 2020 00:13:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:48294) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jx0hC-0006yq-NU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Jul 2020 00:13:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jx0hC-0005Db-HB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Jul 2020 00:13:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eric Abrahamsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2020 04:13:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 41951 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 41951-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B41951.159513197920049 (code B ref 41951); Sun, 19 Jul 2020 04:13:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 41951) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Jul 2020 04:12:59 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59840 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jx0h9-0005DE-5d for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 19 Jul 2020 00:12:59 -0400 Original-Received: from ericabrahamsen.net ([52.70.2.18]:52730 helo=mail.ericabrahamsen.net) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jx0h7-0005Cv-JA; Sun, 19 Jul 2020 00:12:57 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (c-73-254-86-141.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [73.254.86.141]) (Authenticated sender: eric@ericabrahamsen.net) by mail.ericabrahamsen.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 20FBEFA0B2; Sun, 19 Jul 2020 04:12:51 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ericabrahamsen.net; s=mail; t=1595131971; bh=mlo0sR3TAvYtL8ukJlRTKkYSNx85+qdlh/GyQ8Pg6Uo=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=YnmPYwo/ACT7rNRhEHfodOF/3NjIvkYJMY1HxMzyRjKhkbVebIdOlq08pR9Z+wnoY 7jCow8BUNg+0LrNKW7tm2vIOnEqbCEb1gbzysSUpz/KG1Z1R9AisO6L3/MLOGk8VIP wkI9qXaN8wa+Icpj8qexaivgxpJjVHX+19f/dLY0= In-Reply-To: <87y2ngrw1x.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Sun, 19 Jul 2020 06:03:06 +0200") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:183206 Archived-At: Lars Ingebrigtsen writes: > Eric Abrahamsen writes: > >> Hmm, but `nnimap-credentials->auth-source-search' will prompt for auth >> details and save them if none are found, which is the behavior I was >> trying to avoid to begin with. > > We could change that to not prompt if AUTH=3DANONYMOUS is available? > >> Meh, this probably isn't the right thing to do. The manual specifically >> says (about `nnimap-authenticator'): >> >> "Some IMAP servers allow anonymous logins. In that case, this should be >> set to =E2=80=98anonymous=E2=80=99. If this variable isn=E2=80=99t set,= the normal login >> methods will be used." >> >> So implicitly short-circuiting the normal login procedure is actually >> contrary to the documentation, which says do it explicitly. I'm inclined >> to drop this... > > Yeah, it's pretty obscure anyway, isn't it? Yup. Sorry for the noise.