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bug#24274: 24.5; Use auth-source library for remote passwords in Rmail
From: |
Ted Zlatanov |
Subject: |
bug#24274: 24.5; Use auth-source library for remote passwords in Rmail |
Date: |
Mon, 22 Aug 2016 09:00:31 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
On Sun, 21 Aug 2016 19:30:43 +0000 Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.net> wrote:
>> I've made an update (attached) to the previous patch. I removed the
>> code indentation spaces and changed the docstring to be more
>> descriptive. Also, I included a function check for the auth-source
>> password which was missing before.
Thank you!
IS> We can call auth-source-forget+ if necessary once we figure it
IS> out; just like it’s done in gnus/nnimap.el and mail/smtpmail.el.
Right, those are the typical uses of auth-source.
IS> The auth-source library allows access to other backends beside
IS> plain ~/.authinfo, which is why I think it makes sense to
IS> mention the library by name here. See the docstring for the
IS> erc-autojoin-channels-alist variable for an example.
Agreed! The authinfo file *format* is a default, but there are actually
three of them: '("~/.authinfo" "~/.authinfo.gpg" "~/.netrc")
Thanks
Ted