-[[tag wishlist]]
+[[!tag wishlist plugins/passwordauth]]
For sending out password reminder emails, the [[plugins/passwordauth]] plugin currently uses
the *[Mail::Sendmail](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Mail::Sendmail)* module.
in the ikiwiki source code, where emailing is done.
--[[tschwinge]]
+
+> One that is in Debian is [[!cpan Email::Send]], which can do SMTP and
+> sendmail and some other methods and falls back through methods until one
+> succeeds. I haven't tried to use it but it looks like a feasable
+> candidate.
+>
+> I don't much like the idea of supporting a lot of different email sending
+> modules. --[[Joey]]
+
+OK, so I'll have a look at replacing all email handling with *Email::Send*.
+
+[[!tag patch]]
+*<http://nic-nac-project.de/~schwinge/ikiwiki/0001-Use-Email-Send-instead-of-Mail-Sendmail.patch>*
+
+Remaining TODOs:
+
+ * Resolve TODOs as denoted inside the patch.
+ * Update for the last years of ikiwiki development, such as adapting the
+ [[plugins/notifyemail]] plugin.
+ * Is this
+ [[UTF-8-safe|bugs/password_reset_fails_with___34__Wide_character_in_subroutine_entry__34__]]?
+ * Is it worthwhile to use and depend on [[!cpan Return::Value]]
+ just for this bit of functionality?
+ * Debian news file.
+ * ikiwiki news file.
+
+--[[tschwinge]]
+
+
+> BTW, I think you recently sent a patch improving mail logging, but I've
+> lost it. --[[Joey]]
+
+Resent. --[[tschwinge]]
+
+> Debian now has Mail::Sender, Mail::SendEasy, and Email::Sender
+> (which, according to its dpkg description, "replaces the old and sometimes
+> problematic Email::Send library, which did a decent job at handling very
+> simple email sending tasks, but was not suitable for serious use, for a
+> variety of reasons"). Are any of those any better? It's unfortunate that
+> there doesn't seem to be a clear "best practice"... --[[smcv]]