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. >
