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bug#31990: 26.1; Stuck in loop trying to send bug report
From: |
Robert Pluim |
Subject: |
bug#31990: 26.1; Stuck in loop trying to send bug report |
Date: |
Tue, 10 Jul 2018 14:11:19 +0200 |
Live System User <nyc4bos@aol.com> writes:
> Unfortunately, Emacs only records in its
> *trace of SMTP sesssion to...* buffer the responses from
> the SMTP server and mot also what commands are sent to it.
> So while I presumed that a STARTTLS command wasn't being
> issued because it failed and I wasn't being asked to
> provide a password, a now closer look reveals that it
> apparently was sent.
>
> So it's failing for another reason which a direct TLS
> connection helps to confirm.
>
> It appears I have a similar problem as Ulrich Mueller
> which he reported back April of last year in bug#26359;
>
> https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=26359
>
> His workaround. a `defadvice` also works for me.
>
> Hopefully. a fix will solve these issues and allow one to
> designatre for a partiular network connection that a
> password is required (supplied or prompted for) upon an
> initial connection and not just only after an initial
> unauthenticated connetion failure;
>
This is already in place, and it works for me, but itʼs not working
correctly for you. Could you provide more details on how youʼre
specifying your username/password? Based on looking at the code, this
situation could arise if you only set smtpmail-smtp-user without
having an entry in .authinfo.
Thanks
Robert