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>>>>> "ZSH" == ShengHuo ZHU <zsh@cs.rochester.edu> writes:

    ZSH> George McNinch <McNinch.1@nd.edu> writes:
    >> Sorry -- I hope I'm not missing something that is documnted.
    >> 
    >> Installing 5.8.7 seems to have made nnimap no longer look at my
    >> ~/.authinfo file. I didn't change any configuration -- it
    >> worked with 5.8.4, and now doesn't; I'm now prompted each time
    >> for username and password.

    ZSH> A port option was added since 5.8.5.  I guess you missed
    ZSH> "port imap" for the entry of ~/.authinfo file.  For example,

    ZSH> machine imap.you.com login USER password PASSWD port imap


rats, that didn't help.  My .authinfo now looks as above, all works OK
in 5.8.4 (and it also works OK in 5.8.6 on my machine at school
where I've apparently been more vigilant in keeping up versions...)

But it does not work under 5.8.7.

--george