On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:22:47 -0300 Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote: 

SM> I'm apparently among the very few users who resist the temptation to
SM> save their IMAP password into the authinfo file, but I find that in such
SM> a case it is annoying to have to confirm the user name each and
SM> every time.

SM> So I think a patch like the one below would make sense (tho re-using
SM> nnimap-authenticator to store the user name would work as well).

Maybe it's better to use this new `nnimap-user' backend variable
directly.  IOW, if it's set, it should override anything from
auth-source, and the auth-source search should not use `nnimap-user',
just the host and the ports.  WDYT?

Ted