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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: auth-source problem
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:50:57 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3k4fx1yj2.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87d3lqypmc.fsf@lifelogs.com>

Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> So the question is, do we bring `nnimap-username' back to make creation
> easier?  I'd say it's not any better to add that variable globally or
> per nnimap server than to enter the user name directly at that prompt or
> by editing the netrc file.

I don't think it makes much sense to add user names to all the
backends.  Credentials should be handled by auth-source...

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen




  reply	other threads:[~2011-03-17 16:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-07  2:55 nyc4bos
2011-03-07 11:09 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-09  2:40   ` nyc4bos
2011-03-09 15:24     ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-10  4:53       ` nyc4bos
2011-03-10 15:54         ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-12  5:47           ` nyc4bos
2011-03-12 18:10             ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-13  5:28               ` nyc4bos
2011-03-13 14:05                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-17  3:27                   ` nyc4bos
2011-03-17 11:04                     ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-03-17 16:50                       ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2011-03-17 18:16                     ` Andreas Schwab

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