On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Gunnar Wolf <gw...@gwolf.org> wrote: > tags 650024 + upstream > thanks > >> Hi Gunnar, > > Hi Axel, > > I'm bringing John Jetmore, the Swaks author, for his input. John, you > can see all of my interchange with Axel at: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=650024 > > Axel requested the addition of an option to supress the echoing of the > password in the SMTP AUTH stage. I argued it was not the usual use > for Swaks - but he convinced me, here is the relevant conversation > snippet: > >> > Using Swaks as a mailer is IMO an abuse. >> >> No objection, either. I never use swaks as mailer. >> >> I use it to test my mail servers. And sometimes I also have to test >> SMTP AUTH. With real existing user accounts and real passwords. And I >> want to be able to use swaks for that testing case, too. >> >> > Of course, echoing a password is wrong for a mailer - but for a >> > testing utility, I do not feel that meddling with the output is a >> > good idea. >> >> Well, even if I test such stuff with my test user, I do neither want >> coworkers nor users waiting behind my back to fix "their e-mail >> problem" to see my personal password with which I'm testing our mail >> server to see if SMTP AUTH works correctly. Especially not hours later >> if that xterm is still open open and still shows the swaks output. >> >> Sure there may be cases where someone wants to be sure to have typed >> the correct password, so making it optional is perfectly fine. But in >> my case I'm usually confident that I typed my password correctly >> (especially the one from my normal user which is why I tend to test >> SMTP AUTH with that one instead of my seldomly used test user), but I >> don't want others to see it. >> >> I hope it's now clear why I regard this as a not so unimportant issue. >> >> Kind regards, Axel > > Greetings,
I just made a new release of swaks which contains the new options --protect-prompt and --auth-hide-password. I think --protect-prompt is the (optional, off-by-default) option that Axel is looking for. These have been implemented since March but unreleased. The post about the new release with changes and links is at http://www.jetmore.org/john/blog/2011/12/swaks-release-20111230-0-available/, or just hit the main project page at http://jetmore.org/john/code/swaks/. Thanks, --John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
