bug#41951: 28.0.50; Automatically detect AUTH=ANONYMOUS in Gnus nnimap?

[Eric Abrahamsen]

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
>
>> Hmm, but `nnimap-credentials->auth-source-search' will prompt for auth
>> details and save them if none are found, which is the behavior I was
>> trying to avoid to begin with.
>
> We could change that to not prompt if AUTH=ANONYMOUS is available?
>
>> Meh, this probably isn't the right thing to do. The manual specifically
>> says (about `nnimap-authenticator'):
>>
>> "Some IMAP servers allow anonymous logins. In that case, this should be
>>  set to ‘anonymous’. If this variable isn’t set, the normal login
>>  methods will be used."
>>
>> So implicitly short-circuiting the normal login procedure is actually
>> contrary to the documentation, which says do it explicitly. I'm inclined
>> to drop this...
>
> Yeah, it's pretty obscure anyway, isn't it?

Yup. Sorry for the noise.