GNU bug report logs - #10810
smtpmail-query-smtp-server does not allow a choice of port

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: smtpmail-query-smtp-server does not allow a choice of port
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:35:03 -0500

Package: emacs
Version: 24.0.93
Severity: minor

If I know what port I want to use, smtpmail-query-smtp-server doesn't
provide any way for me to enter that information. I wanted to specify
587, but I ended up with a custom-set-variables section containing:

'(smtpmail-smtp-service "smtp"))

Message #6 received at 10810 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 10810 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10810: smtpmail-query-smtp-server does not allow a choice of
	port
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:15:59 -0500

Glenn Morris wrote:

> If I know what port I want to use, smtpmail-query-smtp-server doesn't
> provide any way for me to enter that information.

It gets stranger...

I have another system where I think am I supposed to use port 465.
Maybe that's nonsense, I don't know, but I tried:

rm ~/.emacs
emacs -eval '(setq smtpmail-smtp-service 465)'

After going through all the prompting, I ended up with a .emacs
containing:

'(smtpmail-smtp-service 587)

and a ~/.authinfo with a "port 587" entry. Ie, my initial setting for
smtpmail-smtp-service was overwritten.

Maybe smtpmail-query-smtp-server should use something like
(list smtpmail-smtp-service 587) for ports rather than '("smtp" 587).

Message #9 received at 10810 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 10810 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10810: smtpmail-query-smtp-server does not allow a choice of
	port
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:30:12 +0100

Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Maybe smtpmail-query-smtp-server should use something like
> (list smtpmail-smtp-service 587) for ports rather than '("smtp" 587).

The lines below have a typo -- they push the server name and not the
service onto the list.  I've now checked in a fix.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no  *  Sent from my Rome

Message #12 received at 10810 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 10810 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10810: smtpmail-query-smtp-server does not allow a choice of
	port
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:33:13 +0100

Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:

> If I know what port I want to use, smtpmail-query-smtp-server doesn't
> provide any way for me to enter that information.

Perhaps it should query the user for a port number if the defaults don't
work?  I'll add that to the function.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no  *  Sent from my Rome

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