Wouldn't this imply that your password is stored unencrypted somewhere, 
because if it was encrypted, I can't think of a possible format which 
would allow another program to read it...

flacco wrote:
> Is there - and if not, should there be - a standard format for defining 
> mail accounts?
> 
> Users have to re-enter mail account configurations with each mail client 
> they use - POP/IMAP/SMTP servers, logins and passwords, e-mail 
> addresses, etc.  Wouldn't it make more sense to have a standard mail 
> account definition format that holds this information?  This way setting 
> up accounts on a new mail client would be as simple as pointing it at a 
> configuration file.
> 


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