Ken writes: > Alright, I stared at the code. David can chime up, but I believe what > "legacy" does (the default) is two things: > > - It will ONLY look for a .netrc in your home directory. > - The default username, if one is not supplied, is your local username.
Right. As far as this goes: > # The password for POP service when the -sasl switch is used > # with one of these programs is the login name on the local > # machine. > > I've re-read that last paragraph ... and I realize that I do not > understand it. The description or the semantics? It really did/does use the login name for the password. I think it's long past time that we remove that. David
