Lilianne E. Blaze wrote:
> Hello,
> Here's the newest version.
> 
> Basically it bridges XWiki.sendMessage to MailSenderPlugin.
> 
> It uses Reflection, so no circulars, but it's not exactly pretty.
> 
> Why it's needed - registration / validation / activation e-mails are
> still sent via obsolete Apache Commons SmtpClient, so they _do not_
> support SMTP AUTH.
> 
> This is a _major_ problem because due to spam and other abuse less and
> less hosting providers / network admins allow SMTP without
> authorization, and those who do are likely to have very insecure
> infrastructure.
> 
> I honestly believe this is a MUST HAVE for a secure, spam-free
> configuration.
> 
> Greetings, Lilianne

Hi Lilianne,

Thanks for this patch. I (and other developers) don't quite agree with 
its approach, but I guess we could include it for the moment, until we 
implement the mail component. It's a hack, but one not as bad as other 
hacks we have, and it does solve a problem.
-- 
Sergiu Dumitriu
http://purl.org/net/sergiu/
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