Re: address@hidden: Locale Dependent Downcasing in smtpmail]

[Chong Yidong]

> smtpmail tries to downcase the strings using DOWNCASE function during
> the SMTP communication. But this leads to some problems in some
> locales. I spotted that problem when I tried to launch emacs with
> LC_CTYPE=tr_TR locale. In Turkish, downcased I is a dotless i.
> Therefore, while it tries to downcase some AUTH mechanisms (in
> smtpmail-via-smtp function), PLAIN and LOGIN turns into pla?n and
> log?n. And this causes (smtpmail-intersection smtpmail-auth-supported
> mechs) to return nil in smtpmail-try-auth-methods function.
>
> IMHO, smtpmail-via-smtp function should switch to ASCII locale (if
> that's possible) before calling DOWNCASE.

I've installed a fix for this.