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Bruce Stephens <bruce+usenet@cenderis.demon.co.uk> writes:

> What's a good way to use SMTP AUTH with Gnus?

     (setq smtpmail-auth-credentials
           '(("HOSTNAME" "PORT" "USERNAME" "PASSWORD")))

The password field can be nil, to make Gnus query for it each time.

> Similarly, SASL in IMAP, with nnimap?

Happens automatically.  If you don't want to enter the password
manually, add it to ~/.authinfo.