How to use `~/.authfile' for POP account

How to use `~/.authfile' for POP account

[Yuan MEI]

My solution is
(defun passwd-from-authinfo (machine)
  (let* ((x (gnus-parse-netrc "~/.authinfo"))
         (y (gnus-netrc-machine x machine))
         (z (gnus-netrc-get y "password")))
    z))
and
(pop :server "foo.com" :user "bar"
         :password (passwd-from-authinfo "foo.com"))

Is there any ``Official'' solution to this?  Since smtp and imap could
utilize `.authfile' directly.
-- 
Yuan MEI

Re: How to use `~/.authfile' for POP account

[Frank Schmitt]

"Yuan MEI" <yuan.mei@gmail.com> writes:

> My solution is
> (defun passwd-from-authinfo (machine)
>   (let* ((x (gnus-parse-netrc "~/.authinfo"))
>          (y (gnus-netrc-machine x machine))
>          (z (gnus-netrc-get y "password")))
>     z))
> and
> (pop :server "foo.com" :user "bar"
>          :password (passwd-from-authinfo "foo.com"))
>
> Is there any ``Official'' solution to this?  Since smtp and imap could
> utilize `.authfile' directly.

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

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Re: How to use `~/.authfile' for POP account

[Yuan MEI]

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

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Yuan MEI