From: Live System User <nyc4bos@aol.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 31990@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#31990: 26.1; Stuck in loop trying to send bug report
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2018 18:18:37 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87woszchfm.fsf@aol.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87k1q0g9rx.fsf@gmail.com> (Robert Pluim's message of "Thu, 12 Jul 2018 10:04:18 +0200")
Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:
> Live System User <nyc4bos@aol.com> writes:
>
>> Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Live System User <nyc4bos@aol.com> writes:
>>>> I don't have and don't want that entry saved on disk.
>>>
>>> Which entry?
>>
>> The emtire SMTP server entry.
>>
>>> Thereʼs no need to store the password, a .authinfo with
>>> just
>>>
>>> machine my.mail.provider login myname port 465
>>>
>>> should be enough to get auth-source to prompt you for the password
>>> straight after the SMTP server sends its capabilities (and this will
>>> not cause the password to be stored on disk).
>>
>> I have serveral emtries in my .authinfo.gpg -- most without a
>> password stored.
>>
>> There are two 2 servers that I don't want ANY information about
>> stored on disk -- not even in an encrypted .authinfo.gpg file.
>
> Then how do you expect emacs to know that for those 2 particular
> servers it should prompt straight away?
Because (I believe) that the protocol requires a "password" or
certificate.
> Or are you asking for a
> generic 'if AUTH in capabilities then prompt username and password'
> feature?
I'm requesting to restore the capability that
`smtpmail-auth-credentials' provided previously.
>
>> Previously, one used `smtpmail-auth-credentials' for this.
>
> Which as Eli points out needed to be stored somewhere as well.
But it doesn't have to be stored on *disk*.
It can be defined anew each Emacs session and thus only "stored"
in *memory*.
Thanks.
>
> Regards
>
> Robert
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-08-09 22:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-06-27 22:41 bug#31990: 26.1; Stuck in loop trying to send bug report Live System User
2018-06-28 13:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-06-29 13:32 ` Live System User
2018-06-29 14:55 ` Robert Pluim
2018-07-08 9:41 ` Live System User
2018-07-10 12:11 ` Robert Pluim
2018-07-10 17:25 ` Live System User
2018-07-11 9:19 ` Robert Pluim
2018-07-11 20:47 ` Live System User
2018-07-12 2:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-09 21:54 ` Live System User
2018-08-10 6:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-10 8:53 ` Live System User
2018-08-10 9:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-10 13:50 ` Live System User
2018-08-20 9:42 ` Robert Pluim
2018-08-20 11:21 ` Noam Postavsky
2018-08-20 23:38 ` Live System User
2018-07-12 8:04 ` Robert Pluim
2018-08-09 22:18 ` Live System User [this message]
2018-08-20 9:49 ` Robert Pluim
2018-08-21 3:56 ` Live System User
2018-08-21 10:22 ` Robert Pluim
2018-08-21 16:02 ` Live System User
2019-07-26 13:12 ` Robert Pluim
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