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Re: How to use `~/.authfile' for POP account
From: |
Frank Schmitt |
Subject: |
Re: How to use `~/.authfile' for POP account |
Date: |
Wed, 10 Aug 2005 09:01:26 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.110004 (No Gnus v0.4) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
"Yuan MEI" <yuan.mei@gmail.com> writes:
> My solution is
> (defun passwd-from-authinfo (machine)
> (let* ((x (gnus-parse-netrc "~/.authinfo"))
> (y (gnus-netrc-machine x machine))
> (z (gnus-netrc-get y "password")))
> z))
> and
> (pop :server "foo.com" :user "bar"
> :password (passwd-from-authinfo "foo.com"))
>
> Is there any ``Official'' solution to this? Since smtp and imap could
> utilize `.authfile' directly.
You should use ~/.authinfo (for all protocols).
Write something like this in it:
machine pop.isp.com login ymei password f.h637Fj
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