I mentioned using `openssl` earlier. The URLs from Carlos earlier in
the thread, explain that you can use openssl to blank that password and
then you don't have to type anything.
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1349401/how-to-remove-the-master-password-for-the-alpine-pine-e-mail-client
https://comp.mail.pine.narkive.com/UcMK4NZG/suppress-master-password-prompt
Looking at my shell history I can see I did this in June 2021 and never
looked back.
It's roughly:
```
cd ~/.alpine-smine/.pwd mv MasterPassword.key
MasterPassword.key.orig openssl rsa -in MasterPassword.key.orig -out
MasterPassword.key
```
But review the URLs and maybe read `man openssl` as I might have missed
something. I /think/ but I'm not certain, that clearing the files in
.pwd/ will let you start alpine and get to pick another master password,
equally deleting the passfile. But as I don't really want to
repeat/replicate this right now (I'm still at work and it's gone
midnight here in London), you're on your own.
Best wishes,
- Damion
On Thu, 30 Nov 2023, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
You cannot use a single letter or blank master password with alpine, I
tried many and finally got frustrated at a small password and entered
"alphabet" and it was accepted.
That's eight letters, I suspect that alpine will allow six letters.
This is for every user, one more password to enter. It only stops
someone from sitting at someone else's computer and typing in "alpine"
and reading their mail because in addition to the person's email
password now the program is password protected.
I will eventually forget my master password or I will go through the
complicated for me process of removing the master password from this
computer. I think certain folders have to be deleted under
configuration.
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