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Simon> Simon Josefsson <URL:mailto:simon@josefsson.org>

0> In article <ilur99b33xv.fsf@localhost.localdomain>,
0> Simon wrote:

Simon> Nnimap used to have a hack that allowed you to specify the
Simon> virtual server name in .authinfo files, and nnimap tried to
Simon> look up this name ("" in your case) -- and received the default
Simon> entry back...
Simon>
Simon> I've now removed the hack from cvs.

Ouch!  That seems a bit harsh - when I upgrade, nnimap will suddenly
stop working and I won't know why.

Wouldn't it be better to just change the order to try the hostname
first?