Am 20.09.2007 um 23:46 schrieb Sven Bretfeld:

> Can anybody reproduce this problem or even has a workaround?

I can't. But I can report that recent versions of GNU Emacs, version  
22.x, transfers the password prompt into the mini-buffer and there  
nothing is echoed. This works without any hook.

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Mit friedvollen Grüßen

   Pete

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