bug#31990: 26.1; Stuck in loop trying to send bug report

[Robert Pluim]

Live System User <nyc4bos@aol.com> writes:

>        Unfortunately, Emacs only records in its
>        *trace of SMTP sesssion to...* buffer the responses from
>        the SMTP server and mot also what commands are sent to it.
>        So while I presumed that a STARTTLS command wasn't being
>        issued because it failed and I wasn't being asked to
>        provide a password, a now closer look reveals that it
>        apparently was sent.
>
>        So it's failing for another reason which a direct TLS
>        connection helps to confirm.
>
>        It appears I have a similar problem as Ulrich Mueller
>        which he reported back April of last year in bug#26359;
>
>            https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=26359
>
>       His workaround. a `defadvice` also works for me.
>
>       Hopefully. a fix will solve these issues and allow one to
>       designatre for a partiular network connection that a
>       password is required (supplied or prompted for) upon an
>       initial connection and not just only after an initial
>       unauthenticated connetion failure;
>

This is already in place, and it works for me, but itʼs not working
correctly for you. Could you provide more details on how youʼre
specifying your username/password? Based on looking at the code, this
situation could arise if you only set smtpmail-smtp-user without
having an entry in .authinfo.

Thanks

Robert