Re: imap_pass == smtp_pass ?
On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 09:29:26PM +, markol...@danwin1210.me wrote: > On 201119-07:42-0500, Philippe Meunier wrote: > > > > I use an IMAPS server for reading email and an STMPS server for sending > > email. Both servers use the same password, which I think is a fairly > > common setup. > > > > I know about imap_pass and smtp_pass but I don't want to write my password > > in my .muttrc for security reasons (my $HOME is on an NFS partition, among > > other things). > > > > So is there a way to tell mutt something along the lines of: "prompt me > > interactively for imap_pass when needed, but once you know imap_pass then > > just re-use the same password for smtp_pass; and vice versa"? > I'm not sure about the other replies you got, they are probably not as > good as the following. > > set imap_pass = "`gpg --batch -q --decrypt > /home/$USER/.mutt/file_with_my_encrypted_pass`" ; > > in your .muttrc Definitely +1ing the original post - would love to see this feature. When I used Mutt with imap, I did not save my password in a file (encrypted or not), and, especially when using a long app password for gmail, would often have to enter it once when opening up mutt, and then enter it again when sending mail. Since it's very common for the two passwords to be the same for a given account, it would be nice to be able to have mutt use a cleartext password that it already has in memory. I'm not sure how easy it would be at a nuts and bolts level to implement, though, since one could have multiple imap / smtp servers defined via hooks - there would have to be some kind of glue to tell mutt "use the same password as this IMAP host for this SMTP host", so this may be why a feature like this does not currently exist. w
Re: imap_pass == smtp_pass ?
On 201119-07:42-0500, Philippe Meunier wrote: > Hello, > > I use an IMAPS server for reading email and an STMPS server for sending > email. Both servers use the same password, which I think is a fairly > common setup. > > I know about imap_pass and smtp_pass but I don't want to write my password > in my .muttrc for security reasons (my $HOME is on an NFS partition, among > other things). > > So is there a way to tell mutt something along the lines of: "prompt me > interactively for imap_pass when needed, but once you know imap_pass then > just re-use the same password for smtp_pass; and vice versa"? > > Thanks, > > Philippe > Hi Philippe! I'm not sure about the other replies you got, they are probably not as good as the following. set imap_pass = "`gpg --batch -q --decrypt /home/$USER/.mutt/file_with_my_encrypted_pass`" ; in your .muttrc Pls. find it all in the Mutt manual. Mark Olind signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: imap_pass == smtp_pass ?
> set smtp_pass="$imap_pass" This is the core of what you need however $imap_pass gets filled in (even interactively). -- Hokan Bicyclist Sysadmin
Re: imap_pass == smtp_pass ?
Philippe Meunier writes: > Hello, > > I use an IMAPS server for reading email and an STMPS server for sending > email. Both servers use the same password, which I think is a fairly > common setup. > > I know about imap_pass and smtp_pass but I don't want to write my password > in my .muttrc for security reasons (my $HOME is on an NFS partition, among > other things). > > So is there a way to tell mutt something along the lines of: "prompt me > interactively for imap_pass when needed, but once you know imap_pass then > just re-use the same password for smtp_pass; and vice versa"? source "gpg -q -d ~/.mutt/bla.gpg |" set folder="imaps://imap.bla.com:993" set from="u...@bla.com" set imap_user="$from" set smtp_url="smtp://$imap_u...@smtp.bla.com:587" $ gpg -dq bla.gpg set imap_pass="theH0lyGrail" set smtp_pass="$imap_pass" $ The prompting is done by pinentry, and the storage is provided by gpg-agent. How long the password is stored is controlled by gpg-agent.conf:default-cache-ttl.
imap_pass == smtp_pass ?
Hello, I use an IMAPS server for reading email and an STMPS server for sending email. Both servers use the same password, which I think is a fairly common setup. I know about imap_pass and smtp_pass but I don't want to write my password in my .muttrc for security reasons (my $HOME is on an NFS partition, among other things). So is there a way to tell mutt something along the lines of: "prompt me interactively for imap_pass when needed, but once you know imap_pass then just re-use the same password for smtp_pass; and vice versa"? Thanks, Philippe
