Ubuntu
ssmtp package

Can't use password containing spaces in it's smtp-configuration

Bug #1097172 reported by Niklas Rosenqvist
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ssmtp (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

I use ssmtp to send mail via my GMail-account. At first I didn't understand why it wasn't working but after some troubleshooting I understood that it was because I use a password containing spaces. It don't help to wrap the password in ', " or [ ]. Therefore I was forced to change my password to a string without passwords which is far less secure (http://lifehacker.com/5796816/why-multiword-phrases-make-more-secure-passwords-than-incomprehensible-gibberish).

Ubuntu-server 12.04 x64
ssmtp 2.64

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in ssmtp (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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fmf (effemmeffe) wrote :

I took a fast look at the source (https://github.com/ajwans/sSMTP/blob/master/ssmtp.c) and it seems to me that the problem is in the function bool_t read_config(), in line 1094 there is a call to function firsttok that parses for spaces.
But I don't know how to test a patch or submit it, so I can't go any further.

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