Subject: pine, os2, i forgot

From: [email-masked]
Date: 27 Jan 1996 03:53:05 GMT

i'd also much rather it didn't keep asking me for my login name and
password each time i start it up..

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From: Barry Landy <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 13:19:28 +0000

> password each time i start it up..

Create PINE.PWD in the same directory as PINE. It will store your 
password there.
(I hope your PC is secure against random people logging on as you though!)

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From: Mike Brudenell <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 09:35:22 +0000 (GMT)

You don't say in your message what platform (UNIX, DOS, Windows or VMS) 
you are using.

If it is UNIX then the initial username/password prompt can be avoided by:

1.  Set up a (symbolic) link from /etc/rimapd to point to your imapd 
executable.

2.  Set yourself up a .rhosts file so that the computer on which the IMAP 
server runs "trusts" the host you run Pine on and allows you to rsh from it.

3.  Check you have set both of the above up properly by giving the 
following command on your normal (Pine) computer:
	rsh nameofyourimapcomputer /etc/rimapd
If all is well you will get a welcome banner.  Respond by typing:
	A001 logout

Having done this your Pine session should then start without prompting 
you to enter username and password.

Cheers,

Mike Brudenell                                         <[email-masked]>
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