[mew-int 2633] Re: Passwords

[Chan Wilson]

Gernot Heiser wrote:
>>>>>> On Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:53:35 +0100 (CET), Sven Hartrumpf <Sven.Hartrumpf at example.com> said:
>>>>>>             
> SH> Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:32:46 +0100 (CET), hanche wrote:
>   
>>> (setf mew-use-cached-passwd t
>>> mew-passwd-timer-unit 60
>>> mew-passwd-lifetime 24)
>>>       
>
> SH> Yes, that is convenient.
> SH> But is there a documented way to preserve the password across different
> SH> starts of emacs? It would be ok for me to store this password in
> SH> a file or so (yes, you should not do this; but the machine
> SH> has other protections, too).
>
> (setq mew-use-master-passwd   t)
>
> This will ask for the password(s) [I use two different servers] only
> once, then stores them in a GPG-encrypted file. When you start a new
> emacs, the first time you send a mail you'll be asked for the master
> password, which is used to read the file containing the actual SMTP
> password(s). The password file is .mew-passwd.gpg in your mail directory.
>
> Gernot
>   

This hasn't been working for me with the latest mew (6.1.51) versions 
under Linux (SuSE 10.3),
GNU Emacs 22.1.1.
Even if I clobber the .mew-passwd.gpg file and try again, setting a new 
master password,
I always get prompted for the master password three times and it always 
fails.
The linux version of gpg is (GnuPG) 2.0.4-svn0.
The master password has been working beautifully under Irix (mew 5.2.53, 
gpg 1.4.2,
GNU Emacs 22.1.1) for years.

Has anybody else seen this, and have any suggestions to fix or diagnose it?

thanks,

--Chan