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Could some kind soul show me how to get a password using
auth-source-search.

(auth-source-search :host '("myhost"))

returns something, but whats the equivalent of the deprecated 

(auth-source-user-or-password "password" "host" 'imap)

(btw, why would ':host "myhost"' not be valid?)

thanks

r.