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From: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
To: meta@public-inbox.org
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] README: recommend AUTH=ANONYMOUS on IMAP URLs
Date: Mon,  8 Aug 2022 23:16:48 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220808231648.1954885-5-e@80x24.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220808231648.1954885-1-e@80x24.org>

public-inbox-imapd prioritizes AUTH=ANONYMOUS clients, nowadays,
since it's a good heuristic for legitimate client traffic.
---
 README | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README b/README
index 364ef7e0..01089314 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -117,16 +117,16 @@ on git@vger.kernel.org).
 The archives are readable via IMAP, NNTP or HTTP:
 
 	nntps://news.public-inbox.org/inbox.comp.mail.public-inbox.meta
-	imaps://news.public-inbox.org/inbox.comp.mail.public-inbox.meta.0
+	imaps://;AUTH=ANONYMOUS@public-inbox.org/inbox.comp.mail.public-inbox.meta.0
 	https://public-inbox.org/meta/
 
-AUTH=ANONYMOUS is supported for IMAP, but any username + password works
+AUTH=ANONYMOUS is recommended for IMAP, but any username + password works
 
 And as Tor hidden services:
 
 	http://4uok3hntl7oi7b4uf4rtfwefqeexfzil2w6kgk2jn5z2f764irre7byd.onion/meta/
 	nntp://4uok3hntl7oi7b4uf4rtfwefqeexfzil2w6kgk2jn5z2f764irre7byd.onion/inbox.comp.mail.public-inbox.meta
-	imap://4uok3hntl7oi7b4uf4rtfwefqeexfzil2w6kgk2jn5z2f764irre7byd.onion/inbox.comp.mail.public-inbox.meta.0
+	imap://;AUTH=ANONYMOUS@4uok3hntl7oi7b4uf4rtfwefqeexfzil2w6kgk2jn5z2f764irre7byd.onion/inbox.comp.mail.public-inbox.meta.0
 
 You may also clone all messages via git:
 

      parent reply	other threads:[~2022-08-08 23:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-08-08 23:16 [PATCH 0/4] imap: reduce impact of bot scanners Eric Wong
2022-08-08 23:16 ` [PATCH 1/4] imap: limit ibx_async_prefetch to idle git processes Eric Wong
2022-08-08 23:16 ` [PATCH 2/4] imap: only give AUTH=ANONYMOUS clients prefetch Eric Wong
2022-08-08 23:16 ` [PATCH 3/4] imap: prioritize AUTH=ANONYMOUS clients Eric Wong
2022-08-08 23:16 ` Eric Wong [this message]

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