Ken writes: > >> # 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. > > Is that ... correct? I am looking at the code and I cannot convince myself > that statement is true. It is entirely possible that it USED to be that way > but I don't think that is true for 1.7.1 (I mean, besides the bug in 1.7.1).
Right, it used to be that way, see end of https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/nmh-workers/2013-04/msg00014.html and dates from before nmh's move to git. Fortunately, it isn't that way any more. It was fixed in commit 90edb255effd0d2 (thanks!). I'll update the man page. David
