Sergiu Dumitriu wrote:
> 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.

I agree.

Since none of us has time right now to transform the mailsender in a 
component, +1 to apply it to fix this until then.

Jerome.

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