On Sun, Dec 15, 2002 at 10:55:34PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.15.1428 +0100]: > > The main reason I switched to this technique was to remove one more > > cleartext password from my dotfiles. You might find it useful, though. > > how does that eliminate the need for a password? only if the server's > imapd doesn't require a password if the user comes from localhost, > which strikes me as a bad idea...
Sounds eminently sensible to me. I don't see why I should have to authenticate to the imapd when I already have access to my account. Indeed, at least uw-imap does the right thing here. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
