[Pine-info] Removing /notls makes me enter password changing mailboxes?

[Steve Hubert]

On Wed, 31 Jan 2007, Matt Ackeret wrote:


>

> Based upon the discussion the other day (maybe it was on the alpine list?),

> I removed /notls from my server config string.

>

> One difference is that I notice that I have to type in my password the

> first time I go to a new mailbox in a pine session..

>

> Is that expected behavior?  Remember, for other unrelated reasons, I'm

> still on 4.62, so if this was fixed in a later version, just say so and I'll

> shut up about it.


Yes, that's normal. Pine/Alpine consider the secure and insecure 
connections to be two separate connections for the purpose of reusing the 
password. The reason is so that you won't connect securely to a host and 
then later inadverdently connect insecurely with your password supplied 
automatically. There is a bit of overkill to prevent that but not too 
much. The second login should then not need to ask you.

Steve