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Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> I only use my ~/.authinfo for Gnus.  Is there a way to have it stored
> encrypted on disk, and have Gnus retrieve it and decrypt it
> automatically (given a passphrase of course)?  I can extend netrc.el,
> but I was hoping this already existed for Gnus or Emacs in general.

crypt++.el, maybe?  I don't know if it'll work for .authinfo, but it's
intended for transparent en/decryption of files.