Re: Rationale for this change?

[Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com>]

David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:

> Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> writes:
>
>> David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:
>>
>>> 2005-12-05  Ralf Angeli  <angeli@iwi.uni-sb.de>
>>>
>>> 	* mail/smtpmail.el (smtpmail-try-auth-methods):
>>> 	Send credentials together with "AUTH PLAIN" command.
>>>
>>> Could you shed any light on what problem this change is intended to
>>> fix?
>>
>> The AUTH PLAIN command is not sent if the server did not advertise
>> support for AUTH PLAIN.  See RFC 2554.  The earlier behavior violated
>> a SHOULD in RFC 2222 § 5.1.
>>
>> So security-wise, it is not worse than before.
>
> Ah, ok.  I think rationales like that should be mentioned in the
> ChangeLog.  Even if just as "(RFC 2222 § 5.1)".

Agreed.

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