Ken writes:
Alright, I stared at the code. David can chime up, but I believe what
"legacy" does (the default) is two things:
- It will ONLY look for a .netrc in your home directory.
- The default username, if one is not supplied, is your local username.
Right. As far as this goes:
# The password for POP service when the -sasl switch is used
# with one of these programs is the login name on the local
# machine.
I've re-read that last paragraph ... and I realize that I do not
understand it.
The description or the semantics? It really did/does use the login
name for the password. I think it's long past time that we remove
that.
David