[mew-int 2537] Re: How to reset the pop password

[zhengyi]

From: Kazu Yamamoto (山本和彦) <kazu at example.com>
Subject: [mew-int 2534] Re: How to reset the pop password
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:01:00 +0900 (JST)

> Hello,
> 
> > >    I have changed my pop password of my mail-box
> > > but MEW use the old password to fetch mails, So it always complain
> > > "the mail-box is locked"
> > 
> > I presume you are using a master password? Otherwise, just quitting
> > and restarting emacs should have cleared all passwords. (I suspect
> > even just quitting and restarting mew will do it ... you quite mew
> > with key "Q" (note uppercase)). If you are using the master password
> > feature, removing .mew-passwd.gpg while mew is down should do the
> > trick.
> > 
> > If you are not above a little elisp hackery and don't want the
> > sledgehammer approach, you can examine and modify the variable
> > mew-passwd-alist.
> 
> Even if a user is using the master password, what the user should do
> is NOTHING.
> 
> After changing password, type "s" results in authentication failure.
> At this time, the old password is cleared. Typing "s" again asks the
> user to input new password. The new password will be saved with the
> master password again. (I have tested this and Mew worked as I
> designed.)
> 
> The original message says "the mail-box is locked". So, I suspect that
> another mailreader is running and it locks the mailbox...
> 
> --Kazu
> 
Thanks you, sir!
In these days, I was hurt by huge mount of English documents. 
So I have no energy to read more English.................
So tired.....