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From: Reiner Steib <reinersteib+from-uce@imap.cc>
Subject: Re: verizon and smtp authorization have me stumped
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 17:21:53 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <v9zmnmjece.fsf@marauder.physik.uni-ulm.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2wtiquq75.fsf@Althea.local>

On Wed, Nov 30 2005, Tim McNamara wrote:

> The only difference between entering your credentials into
> Emacs/Gnus versus most other mail programs is that you write the
> file directly rather than indirectly, so you can actually see it.
> That doesn't necessarily make it any less secure.

I don't use smtpmail.el, but AFAICS it is supposed to allow the
omission of the password in the config files, both when using
~/.authinfo [1] and when setting is directly in
`smtpmail-auth-credentials'.

Bye, Reiner.

[1] See (info "(gnus)NNTP")
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  reply	other threads:[~2005-11-30 16:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <wnSif.11979$F73.11085@trnddc03>
2005-11-30  2:18 ` Joe Fineman
2005-11-30  3:58   ` Steve
2005-11-30 15:10     ` Tim McNamara
2005-11-30 16:21       ` Reiner Steib [this message]
2005-12-02  4:31         ` Steve
2005-12-02 10:13           ` Reiner Steib
2005-12-03 20:46             ` Steve
2005-12-03 22:41               ` Steve
2005-12-03 23:47               ` Reiner Steib
2005-12-02  4:26       ` Steve
2005-12-02  5:58         ` Tim McNamara

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