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Richard Riley <rileyrg@googlemail.com> writes:

> 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.
>

got there in the end

 (add-hook 'org-mobile-pre-push-hook 
              '(lambda()
                 (setq org-mobile-encryption-password (funcall (plist-get (car (auth-source-search :host '("orgmobile"))) ':secret)))))