GNU bug report logs - #41951
28.0.50; Automatically detect AUTH=ANONYMOUS in Gnus nnimap?

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Package: emacs;

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>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 41951 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
Cc: 41951 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41951: 28.0.50; Automatically detect AUTH=ANONYMOUS in Gnus
 nnimap?
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2020 03:07:14 +0200

Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

> Gnus could figure this out itself and anonymously log in, using the
> attached patch. It seems to work fine, but there might be further
> consequences I haven't thought of. And possibly we'd simply prefer that
> settings like this be a little more explicit for the user?

Would this interfere with logging in normally with your own user name?

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