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Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) writes:

> Hm.  Hmmm...  I looked at the source (cursorily), and it appears that
> an entry `(pop :host "foo" :user "jrl" :password "verysecret")' means
> that the symbols `host', `user' and `password' are bound, to "foo",
> "jrl", and "verysecret", respectively.

Yes.  But not only those.  For instance, pop mail source functions
will have the following variables bound:

      (pop
       (:prescript)
       (:prescript-delay)
       (:postscript)
       (:server (getenv "MAILHOST"))
       (:port 110)
       (:user (or (user-login-name) (getenv "LOGNAME") (getenv "USER")))
       (:program)
       (:function)
       (:password)
       (:authentication password))

With the default values as shown, and with the user-supplied values
overriding the defaults.

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