Re: [PATCH v3] send-email: auth plain/login fix

Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> writes:

I am tempted to shorten the log message to cull the protocol trace.

    send-email: auth plain/login fix
    
    git send-email does not authenticate properly when communicating over TLS
    with a server supporting only AUTH PLAIN and AUTH LOGIN. This is e.g. the
    standard server setup under debian with exim4 and probably everywhere
    where system accounts are used.
    
    The problem (only?) exists when libauthen-sasl-cyrus-perl (Authen::SASL::Cyrus)
    is installed. Importing Authen::SASL::Perl makes Authen::SASL use the perl
    implementation, which works better.
    
    The solution is based on this forum thread:
    
        http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=904354
    
    This patch is tested by sending it. Without this fix, the interaction with
    the server failed like this:
    
        ...
        Password:
        Net::SMTP::SSL=GLOB(0x238f668)>>> AUTH
        Net::SMTP::SSL=GLOB(0x238f668)<<< 501 5.5.2 AUTH mechanism must be specified
        5.5.2 AUTH mechanism must be specified
    
    Signed-off-by: Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>
    Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Around the line "the server failed like this:", it would be helpful if we can say how others can reproduce the protocol exchange log shown above. That would help those who may (or may not) be seeing a similar issue to diagnose if this commit may help them (or is the culprit of a breakage they find in the future).

Thanks.