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24.0.50; auth-sources: .authinfo versus .authinfo.gpg

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From: "Roland Winkler" <winkler <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 9113 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Ted Zlatanov <tzz <at> lifelogs.com>
Subject: bug#9113: 24.0.50; auth-sources: .authinfo versus .authinfo.gpg
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:49:25 -0600

On Mon Jan 30 2012 Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> Anyway, having to enter a password for (say) sending email, even if your
> SMTP server isn't password-protected (as you have to do with
> .authinfo.gpg) isn't particularly ideal.

Again, it appears to me that such a problem could be solved
completely differently. Why couldn't one tell auth-source (say, via
a user variable) for which cases it can find a password in
.authinfo(.gpg)? Or the other way round: a user variable telling
authinfo for which cases it should not seek a password in
.authinfo(.gpg)? Or various variations of such a solution...

I'd guess that any solution dealing with .authinfo(.gpg) even when
this file is not required is asking for trouble in one or the other
way.

Roland

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