From: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 23:12:11 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: net/smtp: clarify that SendMail's auth param is optional
X-Git-Tag: go1.2rc2~412
X-Git-Url: http://www.git.cypherpunks.su/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c7c1a1bbaab68a08160ed5eaea65c5947b17cf11;p=gostls13.git

net/smtp: clarify that SendMail's auth param is optional

It wasn't obvious that the Auth could be nil.

R=golang-dev, iant
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/13060048
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diff --git a/src/pkg/net/smtp/smtp.go b/src/pkg/net/smtp/smtp.go
index 212c96c1d5..a0a478a852 100644
--- a/src/pkg/net/smtp/smtp.go
+++ b/src/pkg/net/smtp/smtp.go
@@ -264,9 +264,10 @@ func (c *Client) Data() (io.WriteCloser, error) {
 	return &dataCloser{c, c.Text.DotWriter()}, nil
 }
 
-// SendMail connects to the server at addr, switches to TLS if possible,
-// authenticates with mechanism a if possible, and then sends an email from
-// address from, to addresses to, with message msg.
+// SendMail connects to the server at addr, switches to TLS if
+// possible, authenticates with the optional mechanism a if possible,
+// and then sends an email from address from, to addresses to, with
+// message msg.
 func SendMail(addr string, a Auth, from string, to []string, msg []byte) error {
 	c, err := Dial(addr)
 	if err != nil {