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bug#31990: 26.1; Stuck in loop trying to send bug report
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Live System User |
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bug#31990: 26.1; Stuck in loop trying to send bug report |
Date: |
Thu, 09 Aug 2018 18:18:37 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) |
Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:
> Live System User <nyc4bos@aol.com> writes:
>
>> Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Live System User <nyc4bos@aol.com> writes:
>>>> I don't have and don't want that entry saved on disk.
>>>
>>> Which entry?
>>
>> The emtire SMTP server entry.
>>
>>> Thereʼs no need to store the password, a .authinfo with
>>> just
>>>
>>> machine my.mail.provider login myname port 465
>>>
>>> should be enough to get auth-source to prompt you for the password
>>> straight after the SMTP server sends its capabilities (and this will
>>> not cause the password to be stored on disk).
>>
>> I have serveral emtries in my .authinfo.gpg -- most without a
>> password stored.
>>
>> There are two 2 servers that I don't want ANY information about
>> stored on disk -- not even in an encrypted .authinfo.gpg file.
>
> Then how do you expect emacs to know that for those 2 particular
> servers it should prompt straight away?
Because (I believe) that the protocol requires a "password" or
certificate.
> Or are you asking for a
> generic 'if AUTH in capabilities then prompt username and password'
> feature?
I'm requesting to restore the capability that
`smtpmail-auth-credentials' provided previously.
>
>> Previously, one used `smtpmail-auth-credentials' for this.
>
> Which as Eli points out needed to be stored somewhere as well.
But it doesn't have to be stored on *disk*.
It can be defined anew each Emacs session and thus only "stored"
in *memory*.
Thanks.
>
> Regards
>
> Robert
- bug#31990: 26.1; Stuck in loop trying to send bug report, Live System User, 2018/08/09
- bug#31990: 26.1; Stuck in loop trying to send bug report, Eli Zaretskii, 2018/08/10
- bug#31990: 26.1; Stuck in loop trying to send bug report, Live System User, 2018/08/10
- bug#31990: 26.1; Stuck in loop trying to send bug report, Eli Zaretskii, 2018/08/10
- bug#31990: 26.1; Stuck in loop trying to send bug report, Live System User, 2018/08/10
- bug#31990: 26.1; Stuck in loop trying to send bug report, Robert Pluim, 2018/08/20
- bug#31990: 26.1; Stuck in loop trying to send bug report, Noam Postavsky, 2018/08/20
- bug#31990: 26.1; Stuck in loop trying to send bug report, Live System User, 2018/08/20
- bug#31990: 26.1; Stuck in loop trying to send bug report,
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