Re: Any interest in an XOAUTH2 patch for smtpmail (Gmail 2-factor auth)?

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

> A proper generalization of 'smtp-try-auth-method' is easy, of
> course.  All you need is to split the test into functions, eg
> 'smtp-try-plain-auth-method', 'smtp-try-login-auth-method', etc, and
> then have 'smtp-try-auth-method' simply call
> 'smtp-try-<mech>-auth-method.'  Then anybody would be able to define
> their own and just add them to the 'smtpmail-auth-supported' list.

How 'bout just making smtpmail-try-auth-method into a generic function,
so you can do

    (cl-defmethod smtpmail-try-auth-method
        (process (mech (eql xoauth2)) user password)
      ...)


-- Stefan