This old bug is about post ignoring a login name in .netrc:
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?23168
I had closed it, but I really think that it should be fixed.
The current behavior is to determine the user using the
first of:
1) -user switch
2) local login name
I'd like to change the behavior to:
1) -user switch
2) matching host entry with "login" in a .netrc
3) interactively request name from user
That would affect those who rely on the local login name. I
don't expect that's very useful these days, especially with
-sasl. If someone needs that and we go with the fix, they'd
have to add -user switch(es) or add a "login" to their .netrc.
One unfortunate result of this change would be that a "default"
entry in the .netrc would kick in before 3). But I don't see
that as being worse than using the local login name.
Also, with inc and msgchk -sasl, the password is set to the
login name. Does anyone use that?
David
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