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#41951
28.0.50; Automatically detect AUTH=ANONYMOUS in Gnus nnimap?
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Reported by: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2020 17:42:01 UTC
Severity: normal
Found in version 28.0.50
Done: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
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Message #17 received at 41951 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
On 07/19/20 05:17 AM, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
>
>> I think if we did it this way:
>>
>> (if (or (eq nnimap-authenticator 'anonymous)
>> (and (null nnimap-authenticator)
>> (nnimap-capability "AUTH=ANONYMOUS")))
>> (list "anonymous"
>> (message-make-address))
>> ;; normal log in process
>> )
>>
>> Then we only fall back on anonymous if the user hasn't specified
>> anything explicitly. I haven't yet verified that (null
>> nnimap-authenticator) does the right thing in this case, though.
>
> The code now is:
>
> (if (not (setq credentials
> (if (eq nnimap-authenticator 'anonymous)
> (list "anonymous"
> (message-make-address))
> ;; Look for the credentials based on
> ;; the virtual server name and the address
> (nnimap-credentials
> (gnus-delete-duplicates
> (list server nnimap-address))
> ports
> nnimap-user))))
>
> That call to nnimap-credentials looks into the .authinfo file, and if
> the password is present there, it uses it.
>
> So at the very least, the auto-anonymous thing would have to be reversed
> in priority -- after the call to nnimap-credentials.
So only honor AUTH=ANONYMOUS if the user has set no
nnimap-authenticator, and also we don't find this server in our
auth-source-search, right?
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