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From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
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Subject: Re: bug#8050: Gnus does not connect to my IMAP server any more
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Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> 2) should auth-source let-bind the password-cache timeout to something
>> larger?  The default is pretty short and for auth-source I think at
>> least 30 minutes are reasonable.  It could be a customizable integer.
>
> I'm not sure what this entails, but until now, Emacs has been caching my
> password for the whole session (typically several days) and
> I like that.  I would not want to have to re-enter my password every
> half hour.

If auth-source documents its usage of `password-cache-expiry' properly,
it shall be sufficient. I do not like packages, which overwrite my own
settings :-)

>         Stefan

Best regards, Michael.