From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/1115 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Paul Wallington Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: store password for this session Date: 11 Sep 2002 12:36:40 +0100 Message-ID: <87bs74n4fr.fsf@bundalo.shootybangbang.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138667936 9878 80.91.229.2 (31 Jan 2006 00:38:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:38:56 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: nobody Tue Jan 17 17:28:39 2006 Original-Path: quimby.gnus.org!lackawana.kippona.com!news.teledanmark.no!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!colt.net!diablo.theplanet.net!news.theplanet.net!127.0.0.1!nobody Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-Sender: jpw@bundalo.shootybangbang.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: modem-103.brodda.dialup.pol.co.uk Original-X-Trace: news5.svr.pol.co.uk 1031743906 10939 62.136.143.231 (11 Sep 2002 11:31:46 GMT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 11 Sep 2002 11:31:46 GMT Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@theplanet.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Original-Xref: bridgekeeper.physik.uni-ulm.de gnus-emacs-gnus:1255 Original-Lines: 20 X-Gnus-Article-Number: 1255 Tue Jan 17 17:28:39 2006 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:1115 Archived-At: Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) wrote: > Jesper Blauendahl writes: > > > When I start gnus and connect to my imap server to check my mail I > > type my password. After this I'm asked this question 'Store password > > for this session (y or n)'. What does this mean, and is there a way to > > avoid it ? > > If you answer yes, then Gnus remembers the password so you don't have > to type it again. If you answer no and Gnus loses connection to the > IMAP server for some reason (time-out, perhaps), then it will ask you > again on reconnect. > > Remembering is more convenient but less secure. Maybe it should say "remember password" rather than "store password" ? -- John Paul Wallington