GNUMail: SMTP auth problem on send

[Riccardo Mottola]

Hi,

I found a reproducible problem with GNUMail, which happens both on Mac 
and GNUstep, thus it is most probably a code problem. I can't directly 
tell if it was "introduced" recently or has always been there because I 
need SMTP authentication which previously was broken.

If somebody uses GNUMail with a SMTP server that does not require 
authentication, does it just work for him?

In my case I need authentication. The mechanism is not relevant (Plain, 
Login).

If I start GNUMail, compose a new message and send it, smtp send will 
fail (even if I verified that the previously selected mechanism is 
correctly stored and retrieved from defaults).
If I open preferences, go to Send option, start the check supported 
function (now that it is working again) I can send the message and all 
subsequent messages fine, until a new start.

it looks as if something is not properly initialized without launching 
the "check supported" functions.


Ideas? patches or hints are welcome, I tried to debug it for several 
hours, but unsuccesfully, I don't see what is missing.

Riccardo