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offlineimap.conf: Clarify password options via netrc 

Document that only one user name per host name can be given via netrc
file.  Reformat the enumeration text.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Spaeth <Sebastian@SSpaeth.de>
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Sebrecht <nicolas.s-dev@laposte.net>
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Sebastian Spaeth 2011-03-22 11:01:52 +01:00 committed by Nicolas Sebrecht
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@ -289,39 +289,37 @@ ssl = yes
# Specify the remote user name.
remoteuser = username
# There are five ways to give the password for the remote IMAP
# server:
# There are five ways to specify the password for the IMAP server:
#
# 1. No password at all specified in the config file. If a matching entry is
# found in ~/.netrc (see netrc (5) for information) the password from the
# matching entry will be used. If there is no ~/.netrc file but there is an
# /etc/netrc file, the password will instead be taken from there. Otherwise
# you will be prompted for the password when OfflineIMAP starts.
# 1. No password at all specified in the config file.
# If a matching entry is found in ~/.netrc (see netrc (5) for
# information) this password will be used. Do note that netrc only
# allows one entry per hostname. If there is no ~/.netrc file but
# there is an /etc/netrc file, the password will instead be taken
# from there. Otherwise you will be prompted for the password when
# OfflineIMAP starts when using a UI that supports this.
#
# 2. The remote password stored in this file with the remotepass
# option. Example:
#
# remotepass = mypassword
# remotepass = mypassword
#
# 3. The remote password stored as a single line in an external
# file, which is referenced by the remotefile option. Example:
#
# remotepassfile = ~/Password.IMAP.Account1
# remotepassfile = ~/Password.IMAP.Account1
#
# 4. With a preauth tunnel. With this method, you invoke an external
# program that is guaranteed *NOT* to ask for a password, but rather
# to read from stdin and write to stdout an IMAP procotol stream
# that begins life in the PREAUTH state. When you use a tunnel,
# you do NOT specify a user or password (if you do, they'll be
# ignored.) Instead, you specify a preauthtunnel, as this
# example illustrates for Courier IMAP on Debian:
# program that is guaranteed *NOT* to ask for a password, but rather
# to read from stdin and write to stdout an IMAP procotol stream that
# begins life in the PREAUTH state. When you use a tunnel, you do
# NOT specify a user or password (if you do, they'll be ignored.)
# Instead, you specify a preauthtunnel, as this example illustrates
# for Courier IMAP on Debian:
# preauthtunnel = ssh -q imaphost '/usr/bin/imapd ./Maildir'
#
# preauthtunnel = ssh -q imaphost '/usr/bin/imapd ./Maildir'
#
# 5. If you are using Kerberos and have the Python Kerberos package installed,
# you should not specify a remotepass. If the user has a valid
# Kerberos TGT, OfflineIMAP will figure out the rest all by itself, and
# fall back to password authentication if needed.
# 5. If you are using Kerberos and have the Python Kerberos package
# installed, you should not specify a remotepass. If the user has a
# valid Kerberos TGT, OfflineIMAP will figure out the rest all by
# itself, and fall back to password authentication if needed.
########## Advanced settings