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From: Alice Bob <alicebob@riseup.net>
To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org
Subject: Re: how to set gnus authinfo file
Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2016 19:17:17 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8737nrrmwy.fsf@riseup.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <mailman.1372.1465739295.1216.info-gnus-english@gnu.org>

Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> writes:

> Alice Bob <alicebob@riseup.net> writes:
>
>> I would like to change the default location
>> of .authinfo.gpg file. For example, put it
>> under ~/.emacs.d/gnus/.authinfo.gpg
>>
>> I cannot find a way to do this.
>
> Try
>
>     M-x apropos-value RET authinfo RET
>
> It seems `auth-sources' is what you seek.
Yeah, I have now changed to `auth-sources' instead of `nnimap-authinfo-file'.
>
>>From the help: "Entries are tried in the order
> in which they appear."
>
> But - why move it from the home dir? What is
> the gain in that?

Ha, this is my idead: since `authinfo.gpg' is only for Gnus mail
authentication, why not put it under emacs directory? File under
home (~/.authinfo.gpg) should be used for the whole user
account. Is this reasonable?

-- 
horizon

  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-07-03 11:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-06-12  6:12 Alice Bob
2016-06-12  9:58 ` Martin
     [not found] ` <mailman.1360.1465725527.1216.info-gnus-english@gnu.org>
2016-06-12 12:07   ` Alice Bob
2016-06-12 13:47     ` Emanuel Berg
     [not found]     ` <mailman.1372.1465739295.1216.info-gnus-english@gnu.org>
2016-07-03 11:17       ` Alice Bob [this message]
2016-07-03 12:03         ` Adam Sjøgren
2016-07-09  8:17           ` Tassilo Horn
     [not found]           ` <mailman.876.1468052289.26859.info-gnus-english@gnu.org>
2016-07-11 15:18             ` Ted Zlatanov
     [not found]         ` <mailman.463.1467547410.26859.info-gnus-english@gnu.org>
2016-07-03 12:47           ` Alice Bob
2016-07-25 20:44             ` Bill White
2016-07-26  8:26               ` Adam Sjøgren
2016-06-12 12:20 ` Adam Sjøgren
2016-06-12 12:32   ` Adam Sjøgren
2016-06-13  2:15   ` Eric Abrahamsen
     [not found] ` <mailman.1366.1465734069.1216.info-gnus-english@gnu.org>
2016-07-03 11:20   ` Alice Bob

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