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Is it possible to authenticate SMTP via password prompt upon sending an email, instead of with a saved password?

In my IMAP profile settings I only have the server and username saved, so when I load Pmail it prompts me for a password to connect to my IMAP profile. I want a similar thing to happen when I send an email (at least my first email of the pegasus session). This is how Thunderbird behaves, but I can't seem to do it in Pmail.


In the SMTP security tab, if I don't tick any authentication boxes, pmail tries to send an email without authentication. Selecting "Login to the SMTP server using the following details" only works if I fill in the username and password; if I leave the pw blank, pmail doesn't ask me for it when attempting to send an email.


The closest thing I can do is fill in the pw field before sending an email and then manually delete the pw, which isn't great.


In my IMAP profile settings I only have the server and username saved, so when I load Pmail it prompts me for a password to connect to my IMAP profile. I want a similar thing to happen when I send an email (at least my first email of the pegasus session). This is how Thunderbird behaves, but I can't seem to do it in Pmail. In the SMTP security tab, if I don't tick any authentication boxes, pmail tries to send an email without authentication. Selecting "Login to the SMTP server using the following details" only works if I fill in the username _and_ password; if I leave the pw blank, pmail doesn't ask me for it when attempting to send an email. The closest thing I can do is fill in the pw field before sending an email and then manually delete the pw, which isn't great.

No, there is not a way to be prompted for a password when making an SMTP send connection.


The closest thing I can do is fill in the pw field before sending an email and then manually delete the pw, which isn't great.

This is the only method I can think of as well.


No, there is not a way to be prompted for a password when making an SMTP send connection. [quote="pid:54734, uid:37549"]The closest thing I can do is fill in the pw field before sending an email and then manually delete the pw, which isn't great.[/quote] This is the only method I can think of as well.
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