From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>
To: Eric Wong <e@yhbt.net>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: New mailing list archive at https://orgmode/list/
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2020 10:37:01 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <875zbn554y.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200619080226.GA23830@dcvr> (Eric Wong's message of "Fri, 19 Jun 2020 08:02:26 +0000")
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Eric Wong <e@yhbt.net> writes:
> Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com> wrote:
>> Eric Abrahamsen writes:
>>
>> > Hey, that works great! It's a bit weird that it still asks for a
>> > username and password, I wonder if there's any way to skip that. I've
>> > never dealt with anonymous IMAP before -- is there anything in the
>> > connection process that explicitly tells us "you don't need to log on"?
>>
>> The server advertises AUTH=ANONYMOUS as a capability [*], so Gnus could
>> detect that and send "AUTHENTICATE ANONYMOUS", I _think_.
>
> Fwiw, mutt detects AUTH=ANONYMOUS and uses it automatically,
> so I think it's reasonable for Gnus and others do the same.
Looks like it would be as simple as the attached diff. I have very
little confidence in my understanding of the potential ramifications,
though, so I'll open an Emacs bug and see what other people think.
Eric
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diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus-registry.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus-registry.el
index f306889a7f..ebb1236674 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/gnus-registry.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus-registry.el
@@ -837,6 +837,7 @@ gnus-registry-find-keywords
(completing-read "Keyword: " (gnus-registry-keywords) nil t)))
(registry-lookup-secondary-value gnus-registry-db 'keyword keyword))
+
(defun gnus-registry-register-message-ids ()
"Register the Message-ID of every article in the group."
(unless (gnus-parameter-registry-ignore gnus-newsgroup-name)
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/nnimap.el b/lisp/gnus/nnimap.el
index 3c4e75ede8..18d3cba173 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/nnimap.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/nnimap.el
@@ -509,7 +509,8 @@ nnimap-open-connection-1
(split-string capabilities)))
(unless (string-match-p "[*.] PREAUTH" greeting)
(if (not (setq credentials
- (if (eq nnimap-authenticator 'anonymous)
+ (if (or (eq nnimap-authenticator 'anonymous)
+ (nnimap-capability "AUTH=ANONYMOUS"))
(list "anonymous"
(message-make-address))
;; Look for the credentials based on
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-06-19 17:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-06-05 7:47 New mailing list archive at https://orgmode/list/ Bastien
2020-06-05 8:43 ` Marco Wahl
2020-06-06 8:15 ` Bastien
2020-06-05 9:39 ` Eric S Fraga
2020-06-05 10:51 ` Bastien
2020-06-05 11:24 ` Diego Zamboni
2020-06-05 14:04 ` Bastien
2020-06-05 15:47 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2020-06-08 3:29 ` Kyle Meyer
2020-06-08 4:39 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2020-06-08 4:55 ` Eric Wong
2020-06-12 16:08 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2020-06-14 6:17 ` Kyle Meyer
2020-06-18 16:39 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2020-06-18 17:11 ` Kyle Meyer
2020-06-18 17:18 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2020-06-18 17:43 ` Colin Baxter
2020-06-19 3:01 ` Kyle Meyer
2020-06-19 8:02 ` Eric Wong
2020-06-19 17:37 ` Eric Abrahamsen [this message]
2020-06-08 4:47 ` Eric Wong
2020-08-14 10:39 ` mailing list archive link in FAQ Maxim Nikulin
2020-08-14 11:16 ` Maxim Nikulin
2020-08-15 20:25 ` Kyle Meyer
2020-08-17 16:01 ` Maxim Nikulin
2020-08-17 23:55 ` Kyle Meyer
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