Re: verizon and smtp authorization have me stumped

[Steve]

Tim McNamara wrote:
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> That looks pretty much just like mine, albeit I use a different ISP
> that also requires SMTP authorization.  The only difference between
> entering your credentials into Emacs/Gnus versus most other mail
> programs is that you write the file directly rather than indirectly,
> so you can actually see it.  That doesn't necessarily make it any less
> secure.

I don't follow.  When I set the password to nil and gnus prompts me for 
it, as far as I can see the password never appears in plain text.  As 
you point out, when you put it in your .emacs or .gnus file, it is in 
plain text.  Isn't having a password in plain text less secure?  I 
admit, the risk is probably low and limited to a clever spybot reading 
my config file, but from a software design perspective, requiring 
passwords to be in plain text in a file is a bad thing.

But, I don't believe that's the intention in smtpmail.  It seems clear 
that it's designed to prompt for a password and do the right thing. 
It's just not working that way - at least not for me.

Thanks!

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-- Steve