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Having to store password in mutliple places

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Pranshu <pranshusharma366 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 72462 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#72462: Having to store password in mutliple places
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2024 16:42:33 +0200

On Aug 05 2024, Pranshu wrote:

> Following is the code I have:
>
> Elisp code:
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> (setq user-mail-address "pranshusharma366 <at> gmail.com")
> (setq user-full-name "Pranshu")
> (setq smtpmail-smtp-server "smtp.gmail.com")
> (setq smtpmail-smtp-service 465)
> (setq smtpmail-stream-type  'ssl)
> (setq mail-sources `((pop :server "pop.gmail.com"
> 						  :user ,user-mail-address
> 						  :password "**********" ; Password line
> 						  :port 995)))
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Authinfo:
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> machine smtp.gmail.com login pranshusharma366 <at> gmail.com password **********  port 465
> ----------------------------------------------------------

You should add an entry to authinfo for machine pop.gmail.com, then you
can remove the credentials from mail-sources.  That's still writing the
password twice, but at least it's next to each other in the same file.

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