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Re: Password-less IMAP access: Public Key?



* Bill Moseley (moseley@hank.org) [030506 13:18]:
> I use ssh-agent to manage by keys for my ssh connections.  Is there
> any way to use the same setup for connecting to my IMAP folders?
> 
> Thanks to Nick yesterday, I'm using gbuffy to display new mail in
> mailboxes, but when I click on a mailbox to show it (which runs mutt
> -f =inbox, for example) I have to re-enter my password each time.
> 
> I could ssh into my mail server and run mutt locally there directly
> accessing my Maildir folders, I suppose, but I want to use my local
> .muttrc and I'm running a different version of mutt on my locate
> desktop.

You can specify your imap_pass in your muttrc.  Using account-hook, you
can easily specify a different password per account.  Check sections
4.12-13 in the mutt manual.

good times,
Vineet
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