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Subject: Re: How to use `~/.authfile' for POP account
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I think you missed the point.  I know how to write a valid
`.authinfo'.  The problem is, 
for `imap',
(nnimap-authinfo-file "~/.authinfo") works,
for `smtp',
(setq smtpmail-auth-credentials "~/.authinfo") works,
however, for pop, I don't know which already-written function is
available, so I write that one to process it.

Frank Schmitt <usereplyto2005@frank-schmitt.net> writes:

> You should use ~/.authinfo (for all protocols).
> Write something like this in it:
> machine pop.isp.com login ymei password f.h637Fj

-- 
Yuan MEI