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From: bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral)
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Subject: Re: Desktop Mail in the University Environment
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Date: 13 Feb 91 16:42:29 GMT
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From article <3452@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>, by jln@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (John Norstad):
> Wonderful!  This stuff just keeps getting better and better.  A third 
> thing I forgot to mention is changing the account password - this is 
> another thing that the user has to actually log on to the UNIX host to do. 
> I know it's no big deal, but the whole point of this stuff (from my point 
> of view) is to avoid having to log on to the host at all.

1) The amount of coding necessary to support this operation may be all
out of proportion to the frequency with which one might want to perform
it.  How often do you change your password?  (Yes, I know you should do
it every now and then, but I would be surprised if many of us consider
"now and then" to mean daily, or even weekly.)

2) Changing passwords isn't a mailer issue anyway (in my opinion), it's
a system administration issue.  I would prefer that Eudora not be a kitchen
sink.

--
Paul DuBois
dubois@Primate.wisc.edu