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#8050
Gnus does not connect to my IMAP server any more
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Reported by: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 01:46:02 UTC
Severity: normal
Found in version 24.0.50
Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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Ted Zlatanov <tzz <at> lifelogs.com> writes:
> LMI> The question that's relevant is "do you want to save the password?"
> LMI> That's the only thing a normal user could possibly be interested in, and
> LMI> it's a yes or no question.
>
> I disagree. It's a single extra letter in a y/n prompt. I don't see
> how it's intrusive. You can set auth-source-never-save to t right now
> and never even see the y/n prompt. I've accomodated all the prompting
> suggestions but I'm not removing that functionality.
It's an extra letter, but it's a completely incomprehensible extra
choice for the users. I know that when I'm using something, I don't
want to be faced with options that I have no possible interest in.
The normal reaction to such a prompt is "oh, should I edit this? How
should I edit this? Do I need to edit this?"
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larsi <at> gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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