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From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>
To: Eric Wong <e@yhbt.net>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: New mailing list archive at https://orgmode/list/
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2020 10:37:01 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <875zbn554y.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200619080226.GA23830@dcvr> (Eric Wong's message of "Fri, 19 Jun 2020 08:02:26 +0000")

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Eric Wong <e@yhbt.net> writes:

> Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com> wrote:
>> Eric Abrahamsen writes:
>> 
>> > Hey, that works great! It's a bit weird that it still asks for a
>> > username and password, I wonder if there's any way to skip that. I've
>> > never dealt with anonymous IMAP before -- is there anything in the
>> > connection process that explicitly tells us "you don't need to log on"?
>> 
>> The server advertises AUTH=ANONYMOUS as a capability [*], so Gnus could
>> detect that and send "AUTHENTICATE ANONYMOUS", I _think_.
>
> Fwiw, mutt detects AUTH=ANONYMOUS and uses it automatically,
> so I think it's reasonable for Gnus and others do the same.

Looks like it would be as simple as the attached diff. I have very
little confidence in my understanding of the potential ramifications,
though, so I'll open an Emacs bug and see what other people think.

Eric


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diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus-registry.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus-registry.el
index f306889a7f..ebb1236674 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/gnus-registry.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus-registry.el
@@ -837,6 +837,7 @@ gnus-registry-find-keywords
                 (completing-read "Keyword: " (gnus-registry-keywords) nil t)))
   (registry-lookup-secondary-value gnus-registry-db 'keyword keyword))
 
+
 (defun gnus-registry-register-message-ids ()
   "Register the Message-ID of every article in the group."
   (unless (gnus-parameter-registry-ignore gnus-newsgroup-name)
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/nnimap.el b/lisp/gnus/nnimap.el
index 3c4e75ede8..18d3cba173 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/nnimap.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/nnimap.el
@@ -509,7 +509,8 @@ nnimap-open-connection-1
 			  (split-string capabilities)))
 	    (unless (string-match-p "[*.] PREAUTH" greeting)
 	      (if (not (setq credentials
-			     (if (eq nnimap-authenticator 'anonymous)
+			     (if (or (eq nnimap-authenticator 'anonymous)
+				     (nnimap-capability "AUTH=ANONYMOUS"))
 				 (list "anonymous"
 				       (message-make-address))
                                ;; Look for the credentials based on

  reply	other threads:[~2020-06-19 17:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-06-05  7:47 New mailing list archive at https://orgmode/list/ Bastien
2020-06-05  8:43 ` Marco Wahl
2020-06-06  8:15   ` Bastien
2020-06-05  9:39 ` Eric S Fraga
2020-06-05 10:51   ` Bastien
2020-06-05 11:24     ` Diego Zamboni
2020-06-05 14:04       ` Bastien
2020-06-05 15:47 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2020-06-08  3:29   ` Kyle Meyer
2020-06-08  4:39     ` Eric Abrahamsen
2020-06-08  4:55       ` Eric Wong
2020-06-12 16:08         ` Eric Abrahamsen
2020-06-14  6:17           ` Kyle Meyer
2020-06-18 16:39             ` Eric Abrahamsen
2020-06-18 17:11               ` Kyle Meyer
2020-06-18 17:18                 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2020-06-18 17:43                   ` Colin Baxter
2020-06-19  3:01                   ` Kyle Meyer
2020-06-19  8:02                     ` Eric Wong
2020-06-19 17:37                       ` Eric Abrahamsen [this message]
2020-06-08  4:47     ` Eric Wong
2020-08-14 10:39 ` mailing list archive link in FAQ Maxim Nikulin
2020-08-14 11:16   ` Maxim Nikulin
2020-08-15 20:25     ` Kyle Meyer
2020-08-17 16:01       ` Maxim Nikulin
2020-08-17 23:55         ` Kyle Meyer

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