Re: verizon and smtp authorization have me stumped

[Steve]

Reiner Steib wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 30 2005, Tim McNamara wrote:
>
> > The only difference between entering your credentials into
> > Emacs/Gnus versus most other mail programs is that you write the
> > file directly rather than indirectly, so you can actually see it.
> > That doesn't necessarily make it any less secure.
>
> I don't use smtpmail.el, but AFAICS it is supposed to allow the
> omission of the password in the config files, both when using
> ~/.authinfo [1] and when setting is directly in
> `smtpmail-auth-credentials'.
>
> Bye, Reiner.
>
> [1] See (info "(gnus)NNTP")

Yes, I'm pretty sure that's the way it's supposed to work.  You set 
password to nil in your .gnus, or leave it out of .authinfo, and gnus 
prompts you for it.  Trouble is, for me it's not sending my username and 
 password correctly in that case. It's only working for me when I put 
the password in my .gnus file.  I think it's a bug.  I haven't debugged 
elisp code before, but if I can find some time to debug this I'll try to 
pinpoint exactly where it's going astray.

PS - tips on using the elisp debugger would be welcomed!

Thanks.

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-- Steve