Re: Committing new smtpmail.el later tonight

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:53:40 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > Why do we have to have this incompatibility?  Why cannot
> > smtpmail-auth-credentials continue be supported, in addition to the
> > new ~/.authinfo?  E.g., note the value of the variable and
> > automatically write ~/.authinfo?
> 
> I can (re-)implement that.
> 
> However, I thought it might make more sense to unconfuse the entire
> credential situations.  In the past, all things that have required auth
> of some kind have used their own methods for doing that, and by making a
> "clean break", I think things might be slightly less confusing for the
> user.

That is fine for newcomers to smtpmail.  But put myself in my shoes: I
configured my smtpmail years ago, and don't even remember the name of
my SMTP server, let alone the password.  People like me will not be
amused if their old setup suddenly stops working until they dust out
old instructions.

Unlike other software, Emacs didn't until now break customizations in
such a way, not without some sort of interim period when users were
told to migrate.