From: "Ted Zlatanov" <tzz@lifelogs.com>
Subject: Re: authinfo/netrc file encryption status -- GnuPG
Date: 6 Aug 2004 13:31:29 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4ny8ks18cu.fsf@lifelogs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jk4oelqy0m1.fsf@W003275.na.alarismed.com> (Steven E. Harris's message of "Wed, 04 Aug 2004 15:55:34 -0700")
On Wed, 04 Aug 2004, seh@panix.com wrote:
> Summarizing: With no passwords in a non-encrypted .authinfo file, I
> type a password for each server each time I start Gnus, and I usually
> don't have to repeat that password until I exit and restart Gnus. With
> passwords in an encrypted .authinfo file, I have to type the
> decryption password every gnus-encrypt-password-cache-expiry period.
>
> Is that the expected behavior?
Yes, every time you run netrc-parse implicitly (by opening a nnimap or
nntp connection) you will need to give a password. Gnus caches the
passwords in other ways, e.g. imap.el will save the variable
imap-password. But if you use netrc.el, you don't use that caching
right now. If you ask and someone wants to do it, fine, but I think
it's easier to just set a longer expiration time on your passwords.
Ted
prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-08-06 17:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-07-21 18:25 Steven E.Harris
2004-07-23 16:22 ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-07-23 17:16 ` Steven E. Harris
2004-07-23 17:00 ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-07-23 21:39 ` Steven E. Harris
2004-07-27 16:56 ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-07-27 18:12 ` Steven E. Harris
2004-07-30 16:52 ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-08-02 23:06 ` Jeremy Maitin-Shepard
2004-08-03 17:09 ` Ted Zlatanov
[not found] ` <jk465858idw.fsf@W003275.na.alarismed.com>
[not found] ` <4n4qnl8mnw.fsf@lifelogs.com>
[not found] ` <jk4ekmp1iym.fsf@W003275.na.alarismed.com>
2004-08-03 17:11 ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-08-03 21:47 ` Steven E. Harris
2004-08-04 16:54 ` authinfo encryption through netrc.el works now (was: authinfo/netrc file encryption status -- GnuPG) Ted Zlatanov
2004-08-04 17:55 ` authinfo encryption through netrc.el works now Simon Josefsson
2004-08-05 22:09 ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-08-06 17:43 ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-08-06 18:07 ` Simon Josefsson
2004-08-04 18:37 ` Steven E. Harris
2004-08-05 22:05 ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-08-05 22:59 ` Steven E. Harris
2004-08-06 17:45 ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-08-06 18:18 ` Simon Josefsson
2004-08-06 21:57 ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-08-04 22:55 ` authinfo/netrc file encryption status -- GnuPG Steven E. Harris
2004-08-06 17:31 ` Ted Zlatanov [this message]
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