bug#31990: 26.1; Stuck in loop trying to send bug report

[Live System User]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Live System User <nyc4bos@aol.com>
>> Cc: 31990@debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2018 17:54:34 -0400
>> 
>> >>   Previously, one used `smtpmail-auth-credentials' for this.
>> >
>> > But smtpmail-auth-credentials was saved on your .emacs on disk, wasn't
>> > it?  Or did you define it manually anew in each session you started?
>> 
>>   It was done manually anew in each session, yes.
>
> Then you should be able to manually set the variables derived from the
> auth file, no?

  Unfortunately, no, as there is only the variable `smtpmail-smtp-user'
  and no "smtpmail-smtp-password"-like variable...

  Thanks.