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On Tuesday, June 24 at 12:20 PM, quoth [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>> So... your IMAP server will let you log in without a password?
>
> No, but once I'm reading my mail, an "unset imap_pass" together with
> "unset smtp_pass" still allows me to send.
Ahh, yeah. Of course, mutt only consults $imap_pass if it needs to
open a new IMAP connection. Existing connections don't need passwords,
obviously.
The thing about this type of setup is that it often relies on
timeouts. As you (the client) change IP addresses, the server doesn't
want to slowly open itself up to the whole world. So what often
happens is that your IP is only approved to send mail for a certain
amount of time (say, 15 minutes) after you log in (this policy makes
more sense for POP3-before-SMTP, but the same tools are frequently
used for IMAP-before-SMTP as well). Thus, if you tend to have long
IMAP sessions (i.e. if you leave mutt open for hours on end), it's
probably a good idea to use SMTP-AUTH even if your system uses an
IMAP-before-SMTP approach.
Of course, for really authoritative advice, it's probably best to just
ask your sysadmin. :)
~Kyle
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In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question
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