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Subject: Re: possible pop password broken
Date: 20 Nov 1996 12:26:02 -0800
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andreas@sccon.com writes:
> (autoload 'ange-ftp-read-passwd "ange-ftp")
> (if (not nnmail-pop-password)
>     (setq nnmail-pop-password
> 	  (ange-ftp-read-passwd "Enter POP password: ")))
> 
> i get the following error:
> 
> Signaling: (error "Error in ~/.gnus: (void-variable
> 		nnmail-pop-password)")

	The problem is that nnmail hasn't been loaded yet, so the
variable nnmail-pop-password doesn't exist.  Also, rgnus now has it's
own password reader which uses 'passwd' under xemacs and 'ange-ftp'
otherwise.  So you do this to use to get save the password once.  The
important bit is the check for nnmail-pop-password being bound.

(autoload 'nnmail-read-passwd "nnmail")
(unless (and (boundp nnmail-pop-password)
              nnmail-pop-password)
  (setq nnmail-pop-password
        (nnmail-read-passwd "Enter POP password: ")))

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