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smtpmail.el doesn't retry with authentication when greylisting is used

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Rainer Orth <ro <at> CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
Cc: 30347 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#30347: smtpmail.el doesn't retry with authentication when greylisting is used
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 14:45:46 +0200

Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Iʼm not sure I follow: the user has a matching machine in authinfo or
> wherever they keep their passwords, and the SMTP server advertizes
> AUTH support. Why would we not attempt authentication?

Because Emacs doesn't know that the user has a password entry in
~/.authinfo.gpg until the user has type the password.  (If the user is
using password-protected ~/.authinfo files without a password agent,
that is.)

Since most SMTP is still unauthorised, "opportunistic" password sending
may not be welcome.

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