Subject: Problem with accessing multiple inboxes (different IDs)

From: Barry Landy <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 10:05:38 +0100 (BST)

I have noticed an oddity (which did not used to happen), true in both
455 and 458.

Trying to access a different email account by supplying a pinerc with
a different userid in it does not work; I just get into my account but
with the config correctly set to the details in the selected pinerc.

It all worked properly before I changed to 455.

Some experimentation shows that it is connected to the PINE.PWD file.

The two accounts involved are for me and my wife (I have her password so
that I can manage her account). Trying to access my wifes INBOX and
folders (different pinerc) I was getting my own instead.

If I deleted the contents of PINE.PWD and then access my wife's folders,
PINE asked me for her password (as expected) and I get to the correct
folders;  however, if I then tried to get to my own folders I get my
wife's. Deleting the contents of PINE.PWD again and accessing my folders
I was asked for my password and did get to my folders (but of course
accessing my wife's is now wrong).

It seems that the inbox selected is always that of the first entry in
PINE.PWD.

(In case it matters, though it shouldn't) I am accessing my folders via
a remote pinerc and my wife's via a local pinerc.

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From: Eduardo Chappa <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 10:42:48 -0700 (PDT)

*** Barry Landy ([email-masked]) wrote in the pine-info list today:

:) The two accounts involved are for me and my wife (I have her password
:) so that I can manage her account). Trying to access my wifes INBOX and
:) folders (different pinerc) I was getting my own instead.

Barry,

  Could it be related to the way that you defined the inbox-path? Make
sure that it specifies the username, for example

inbox-path = {your.server.com/user=UserId}INBOX
			     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
			     add text like this between "{" and "}".

I hope this helps

Eduardo
http://www.math.washington.edu/~chappa/pine/

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From: Barry Landy <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 21:33:47 +0100 (BST)

Thabks - I will try that. It is not how the pine docs specify how the
default path is defined.

On Fri, 10 Oct 2003, Eduardo Chappa wrote:

:>*** Barry Landy ([email-masked]) wrote in the pine-info list today:
:>
:>:) The two accounts involved are for me and my wife (I have her password
:>:) so that I can manage her account). Trying to access my wifes INBOX and
:>:) folders (different pinerc) I was getting my own instead.
:>
:>Barry,
:>
:>  Could it be related to the way that you defined the inbox-path? Make
:>sure that it specifies the username, for example
:>
:>inbox-path = {your.server.com/user=UserId}INBOX
:>			     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
:>			     add text like this between "{" and "}".
:>
:>I hope this helps
:>
:>Eduardo
:>http://www.math.washington.edu/~chappa/pine/
:>

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From: Barry Landy <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 23:15:50 +0100 (BST)

Thanks Eduardo - that works fine. It seems to be a change in spec
(INBOX opened before the ID is read in Pinerc?)