GNU bug report logs - #75628
31.0.50; Error sending mail using SMTP - base64 encoding fails

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ingo Brunberg <ingo_brunberg <at> web.de>

Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 10:20:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 31.0.50

Fixed in version 31.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Ingo Brunberg <ingo_brunberg <at> web.de>
To: 75628 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#75628: 31.0.50; Error sending mail using SMTP - base64 encoding fails
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 10:18:52 +0000

When I try to send mail with emacs using SMTP, I get error "Multibyte character
in data for base64 encoding".

In the current code I have narrowed it down to line 637 in smtpmail.el, where an
attempt is made to base64 encode a string containing the password which, of
course, can contain multibyte characters.

With a simple password some time ago, I could send mail.
This bug report was last modified 93 days ago.

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