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From: Peter Lee <pete_lee@swbell.net>
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Subject: Re: Can Gnus stop asking for my password?
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>>>> Louis  writes:

    Louis> Try this within ~/.gnus for pop server:

    Louis> (eval-after-load "mail-source" '(add-to-list 'mail-sources
    Louis> '(pop :server "mail.earthlink.net" :user "USERNAME"
    Louis> :password "PASSWORD")))

It would be nice if you could put this info in .authinfo and have it
work just like any other server.  Why did pop mail have to be special?