#5 don't ask for passwords repeatedly
> Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 21:26:41 +0200
> From: Bruce Merry
> To: tpo
> Subject: Two patches to mailsync
>
> [...]
>
> BTW with 4.2.2 I used to only have to give a password
once per
> mailsync run, but with 5.2.1 I now have to give it
many times (I
> have an aversion to storing my password in
plaintext). Is there a
> reason for this or is it a bug?
You can find more info on this here [2] and here[3].
We'd need to fine
tune opening the connection (O_READONLY, O_HALFOPEN)
depending
on the capabilities of the mailbox, which can be
queried through
c-client.
[1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=110480
[2]
https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=6042471&forum_id=11853
[3]
https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=5785437&forum_id=11853
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