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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: kio_pop3 and kio_imap4 can themselves ask the user for apassword...
From:       Marc Mutz <Marc.Mutz () uni-bielefeld ! de>
Date:       2001-05-17 11:50:47
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On Thursday 17 May 2001 13:12, Andreas Gungl wrote:
> Marc Mutz wrote:
> > [...]
> > If you check mail regularly (or let KMail do it on intervals), the
> > slave will still be there from the last invocation. So you are not
> > asked for the password again.
> > [...]
>
> This means to have the limit for inactivity at least as high as the
> checking intervall. This is okay for small periods, but I would not
> like this for periods of about 30 min (polling on dial-on-demand
> connections).
>

I see the point. Maybe some of the KIO wizards can shed some light?

> Everything else is clear for me. And to contribute at least an idea:
> What about providing a stored password (given the user activated this
> option) directly while letting the kioslave ask when the user wants
> it's password not to be stored?

Of course, this would be done. It would be rediculous not to.

> (There is still the problem of how to get the password back from the
> slave when the user has input it the first time.)
<snip>

KIOSlave-Masters? Where are you? :-)

Marc

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