overclock351@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 4 years agoA decent alternative to thunderbird?message-squaremessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up129arrow-down1message-squareA decent alternative to thunderbird?overclock351@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 4 years agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareoverclock351@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 years agoMy only concern with mutt is that AFAIK it stores passwords in clear. any way to get around that?
minus-squaredm9pZCAq@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 years agoyou can use pass password manager source "echo 'set my_pass = `pass -- mail/[email protected]`' |"
minus-squareufra@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 years agoalso, there is an example of using gpg which I used for a while in here: https://smalldata.tech/blog/2016/09/10/gmail-with-mutt
minus-squareCjkOvPDwQw@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 years agoThanks for sharing , I was only using pass for neomutt. Removed that dependency now !
minus-squarekevincox@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 years agoNot really. The client needs to send your password to the server to login. The alternatives are using a keyring to store the passwords or asking for the password each time. Really just use full disk encryption and it isn’t a serious issue.
My only concern with mutt is that AFAIK it stores passwords in clear. any way to get around that?
you can use
passpassword manageralso, there is an example of using gpg which I used for a while in here: https://smalldata.tech/blog/2016/09/10/gmail-with-mutt
Thanks for sharing , I was only using pass for neomutt. Removed that dependency now !
Not really. The client needs to send your password to the server to login. The alternatives are using a keyring to store the passwords or asking for the password each time. Really just use full disk encryption and it isn’t a serious issue.
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