On Fri, May 26, 2000 at 10:35:16PM +0530, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
-> David T-G proclaimed on mutt-users that:
->
-> >Do mutt and IMAP support
-> >
-> > {user:pass@hostname:port}folder
-> >
-> >instead? Of course, leaving your password(s) in your muttrc is probably
-> >not a Good Thing (tm) anyway...
->
-> I haven't tried it but there is no reason why not. And re leaving your
-> password in your .fetchmailrc and .muttrc, if somebody gains access to
-> your account, it is already compromised - worrying about passwords is
-> redundant, sort of :)
Not necessarily. Your email server password may be different from your
login password. Mine are. You can, however, give only the user permission
to read or write to the two files, probably a good idea in general. An
other things we all know and don't do. :-)
->
-> --
-> Suresh Ramasubramanian | sureshr at staff.juno.com
-> He who attacks the fundamentals of the American broadcasting industry
-> attacks democracy itself.
-> -- William S. Paley, chairman of CBS
Hmmph, a version of "What's good for General Motors is good for the USA."
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