Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: Robert Pluim >> Cc: Eli Zaretskii , 78366@debbugs.gnu.org, j@gnu.org >> Date: Tue, 27 May 2025 12:32:22 +0200 >> >> >>>>> On Mon, 26 May 2025 21:11:00 -0700, Xiyue Deng said: >> >> Xiyue> Thanks for applying! As this can also be considered a regression in >> Xiyue> smtpmail.el, do you think it's OK to install to 30-branch as well? >> >> For it to be a regression there has to be a version in which it worked >> previously, which I donʼt think is the case. > > Right. > Ack. Should have called it a bug-fix. >> But as a bugfix I can see that applying it to emacs-30 makes sense, >> and I think itʼs low-risk. Eli? > > Are we absolutely sure the status we correct should never-ever be > reported as itself? If we are sure, feel free to backport the fix to > the emacs-30 branch. > I think in the case of smtpmail-try-auth-method, it never handles a status that requires further input, so status like 334 (where < 400 is considered a success) is essentially a failure; plus cram-md5 is already doing something similar. Hope this helps to confirm that this bug-fix is low-risk. > Thanks. -- Regards, Xiyue Deng