[mew-int 01660] Re: Passwords

[Kazu Yamamoto ( 山本和彦 )]

From: Eduard Werner <edi.werner at example.com>
Subject: [mew-int 01659] Passwords

> Could the imap passwords be cached for the current session? I get lots of 
> emails into my office, and right now using mew is a real pain because I have 
> to type my password for *every* *single* *action*.

Put the following to your "~/.mew":

	(setq mew-use-cached-passwd t)

You should type your password once but it is stored in Emacs (not a
file). Then, the password is used for later sessions.

If the password is not used for 20 minutes, it is removed from Emacs.

--Kazu