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From: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
To: meta@public-inbox.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] www_text: clarify the password+username is for POP3
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 07:40:30 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220810074031.19639-3-e@80x24.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220810074031.19639-1-e@80x24.org>

NNTP and IMAP can also exist in the same area, so clarify
that the username + password is only for POP3
---
 lib/PublicInbox/WwwText.pm | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/WwwText.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/WwwText.pm
index 320f0d84..71b04561 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/WwwText.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/WwwText.pm
@@ -297,8 +297,8 @@ EOM
 POP3 access is available:
   $urls
 
-The password is: anonymous
-The username is: \$(uuidgen)\@$ctx->{ibx}->{newsgroup}
+The POP3 password is: anonymous
+The POP3 username is: \$(uuidgen)\@$ctx->{ibx}->{newsgroup}
 where \$(uuidgen) in the output of the `uuidgen' command on your system.
 The UUID in the username functions as a private cookie (don't share it).
 Idle accounts will expire periodically.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-08-10  7:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-08-10  7:40 [PATCH 0/3] www: help text tweaks Eric Wong
2022-08-10  7:40 ` [PATCH 1/3] www_text: add #nntp, #pop3, and #imap anchors to help HTML Eric Wong
2022-08-10  7:40 ` Eric Wong [this message]
2022-08-10  7:40 ` [PATCH 3/3] www_text: add AUTH=ANONYMOUS to IMAP URLs Eric Wong

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