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Adding an entry to offlineimap.conf that explain how to use python code to query for a password. 

Signed-off-by: Thomas Kahle <tomka@gentoo.org>
Reviewed-by: Sebastian Spaeth <Sebastian@SSpaeth.de>
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Sebrecht <nicolas.s-dev@laposte.net>
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Thomas Kahle 2011-04-20 00:27:34 +02:00 committed by Nicolas Sebrecht
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@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ ssl = yes
# Specify the remote user name.
remoteuser = username
# There are five ways to specify the password for the IMAP server:
# There are six 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
@ -324,6 +324,15 @@ remoteuser = username
# 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.
#
# 6. Using arbitrary python code. With this method, you invoke a
# function from your pythonfile. To use this method assign the name
# of the function to the variable 'remotepasseval'. Example:
# remotepasseval = get_password("imap.example.net")
# You can also query for the username:
# remoteusereval = get_username("imap.example.net")
# This method can be used to design more elaborate setups, e.g. by
# querying the gnome-keyring via its python bindings.
########## Advanced settings