Re: smtpmail and ~/.authinfo

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:00:47 -0400 Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> wrote: 

>> You mean, force Emacs to encode .authinfo in UTF-8 when creating it?
>> I guess that's the job for file-coding-system-alist.

SM> Or adding a -*- coding: utf-8 -*- cookie to the file.

That's not standard, so a netrc/authinfo file created by someone else
would not have it and we're back to guessing.  Better to guess on read,
enforce UTF-8 on write IMO.

Ted