From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/84133 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Emacs Cloud Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 13:44:51 -0800 Message-ID: <87txcimrsc.fsf@building.gnus.org> References: <877g9fxwih.fsf@building.gnus.org> <87r47ni1mu.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> <87k3deo8y0.fsf@building.gnus.org> <87mwiaqzjj.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1391291163 12681 80.91.229.3 (1 Feb 2014 21:46:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2014 21:46:03 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M32385@lists.math.uh.edu Sat Feb 01 22:46:09 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1W9iO8-0007K8-L7 for ding-account@gmane.org; Sat, 01 Feb 2014 22:46:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1W9iO1-00017P-FX; Sat, 01 Feb 2014 15:46:01 -0600 Original-Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1W9iO0-000177-4V for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sat, 01 Feb 2014 15:46:00 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1W9iNz-00074v-AA for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sat, 01 Feb 2014 15:46:00 -0600 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W9iNy-0005IG-0e for ding@gnus.org; Sat, 01 Feb 2014 22:45:58 +0100 Original-Received: from [204.14.154.233] (helo=building.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1W9iNk-0003HB-BT for ding@gnus.org; Sat, 01 Feb 2014 22:45:44 +0100 In-Reply-To: <87mwiaqzjj.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> (Ted Zlatanov's message of "Sat, 01 Feb 2014 16:43:44 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13001 (Ma Gnus v0.10) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-MailScanner-ID: 1W9iNk-0003HB-BT MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1391895945.06588@jxdlg7rwKV/k87s+rMUuNQ X-Spam-Status: No X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:84133 Archived-At: Ted Zlatanov writes: > I hope that's optional and simply an auth-source backend (let me know if > you need help implementing that). I'd rather not put my authinfo on an > IMAP server, even if encrypted: > > - mail folders get wiped by accident and that info is too important It's still stored locally -- we're syncing local files via IMAP, not just storing them there... > - the mail admin has full access to the spool But if they're encrypted, it lessens the problems. But, yes, I can see why (some) people wouldn't want to store them on the IMAP server... And you may still use a .authinfo.gpg file, so it's doubly encrypted. Twice as safe!!!1!1!ONE > - having no IMAP connectivity means you have no passwords for other > services > > - it's not in a file, so bugs in EPA/EPG or elsewhere could result in > storing unencrypted data on the IMAP server > > - can't version it with Git, like I do now See 1). >"? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/