[Nmh-workers] bug #23168: post -sasl doesn't honour username in .netrc

[David Levine]

This old bug is about post ignoring a login name in .netrc:

  http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?23168

I had closed it, but I really think that it should be fixed.
The current behavior is to determine the user using the
first of:

  1) -user switch
  2) local login name

I'd like to change the behavior to:

  1) -user switch
  2) matching host entry with "login" in a .netrc
  3) interactively request name from user

That would affect those who rely on the local login name.  I
don't expect that's very useful these days, especially with
-sasl.  If someone needs that and we go with the fix, they'd
have to add -user switch(es) or add a "login" to their .netrc.

One unfortunate result of this change would be that a "default"
entry in the .netrc would kick in before 3).  But I don't see
that as being worse than using the local login name.

Also, with inc and msgchk -sasl, the password is set to the
login name.  Does anyone use that?

David