Re: Store news server authentication credentials for gnus in an encrypted manner.

[Eric Abrahamsen]

Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com> writes:

> I noticed the FAQ 3-3 for gnus at
> <https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/gnus/FAQ-3_002d3.html>,
> which uses the file ~/.authinfo to store the news server
> authentication information with file mode bits set to 600.
>
> But I want to know if there are some encrypted methods for such a job.
> Any hints will be highly appreciated.

You can just use a ~/.authinfo.gpg file, and everything will work
correctly (assuming GPG encryption/decryption is already working for you
in Emacs).

Eric