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

[Frank Schmitt <usereplyto2005@frank-schmitt.net>]

"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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