git send-email was not authenticating 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: $ git send-email --smtp-encryption=tls --smtp-server=... --smtp-debug=1 change1.patch ... Net::SMTP::SSL=GLOB(0x238f668)<<< 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN 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@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> --- v2: - the import is performed only if it will be used v3: - the import is performed only if it will be used, and failure is ignored v4: - improved commit message git-send-email.perl | 4 ++++ 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl index 37dfbe7..dbc435a 100755 --- a/git-send-email.perl +++ b/git-send-email.perl @@ -1098,6 +1098,10 @@ X-Mailer: git-send-email $gitversion } if (defined $smtp_authuser) { + eval { + require Authen::SASL; + Authen::SASL->import(qw(Perl)); + }; if (!defined $smtp_authpass) { -- 1.7.6 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html