[Bug: 21.4.18] startls gets stuck

[stephen at xemacs.org]

stephen at xemacs.org writes:

 > Yes.  As you say, smtpmail.el blocked XEmacs.  It's your process, not
 > ours.  That doesn't mean it's not our bug, but it does mean that
 > you're in a better position than I am to diagnose it.

A brief look at the code confirms this.  It'll take me many hours to
catch up with this code.

And AIUI since Uwe is using TLS, this is an actual subprocess, not an
XEmacs network stream.  Maybe Uwe can get some relief by using GNUTLS
instead of the default starttls, or the default starttls instead of
GNUTLS?

Steve