From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#26307: 25.1; smtpmail hard-coded auth mechanism order does not allow coping with misbehaving servers Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2017 11:35:40 -0400 Message-ID: References: <8737dvdzkm.fsf@poste.it> <0l7f3559yo.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87lgrk756f.fsf@poste.it> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1491147378 9480 195.159.176.226 (2 Apr 2017 15:36:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2017 15:36:18 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) Cc: 26307@debbugs.gnu.org To: Marco Maggi Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 02 17:36:15 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cuhXx-00017E-Nh for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Apr 2017 17:36:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55426 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cuhY3-0005pY-Ko for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Apr 2017 11:36:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58405) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cuhXv-0005pL-MV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Apr 2017 11:36:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cuhXu-0004Ra-Pb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Apr 2017 11:36:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:59441) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cuhXu-0004RC-Fd for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Apr 2017 11:36:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cuhXu-00059h-9q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Apr 2017 11:36:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2017 15:36:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 26307 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 26307-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B26307.149114735319801 (code B ref 26307); Sun, 02 Apr 2017 15:36:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 26307) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Apr 2017 15:35:53 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57640 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cuhXl-00059J-2W for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 02 Apr 2017 11:35:53 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:39110) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cuhXj-000592-Lf for 26307@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 02 Apr 2017 11:35:51 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cuhXd-00048F-Oh for 26307@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 02 Apr 2017 11:35:46 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:59165) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cuhXZ-00046n-TT; Sun, 02 Apr 2017 11:35:41 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1cuhXZ-0007Pt-3o; Sun, 02 Apr 2017 11:35:41 -0400 X-Spook: freedom H5N1 Plame Artistic Assassins Relief e-bomb Gangs X-Ran: E]]J (Marco Maggi's message of "Sat, 01 Apr 2017 13:12:08 +0200") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:131215 Archived-At: Marco Maggi wrote: >> (with-eval-after-load 'smtpmail >> (setq smtpmail-auth-supported '(login cram-md5 plain))) > >> Perhaps no Emacs change is needed then? > > But the symbol is defined as a constant, so it would be bad style? It > is also undocumented. Ideally one should be able to select such > configuration on a per-server basis. It's (presumably) a constant because in normal operation there's no need to change it, but if you have a special need to change it, it's easy to do so. Personally I don't see a need to add complexity to Emacs to cater to misconfigured servers.