Re: [msmtp-users] Patch: retrieve password from /etc/netrc?

[Martin Lambers <marlam@...23...>]

On Sun, 25. Jan 2009, 17:42:05 -0500, Jim Pryor wrote:
> > > > I have at this same time also submitted
> > > > patches to getmail and offlineimap to introduce the same functionality.
> > > > So I'll hope that between them, /etc/netrc might be recognized as useful and
> > > > catch on.
> > > 
> > > Offlineimap says they're willing to implement this change too.
> > 
> > OK, I applied your patch and updated the documentation. I also updated
> > mpop, to keep it in sync with msmtp.
> 
> Thanks for applying this patch. I notice one likely typo, though. In
> msmtp-1.4.17/src/msmtp.c, line 97 defines SYSNETRCFILE as ".netrc".
> Shouldn't it simply be "netrc" without a leading period?
> 

Yes you're right. This is fixed in CVS now.

Martin