The Authenticate (Login) Window


	The authentication window appears when you need to prove your
identity to a server or any process which requires that it be able to
identify you.

	Authentication consists of two parts, a Username and a
Password. Both of these should have been supplied to you and should be
known to you already. There is no way in this program to register an
identity or change your password. If you do not know this information,
please contact your system administrator or Internet Service Provider
for assistance.

	While this window is active, it has control of the
keyboard and mouse. You must select a window or cancel to continue the
program or use any other windows (except for this help window).

	Since logging in is so crucial an activity, this window has
also been designed so that if you obscure it with another window, a
timer is set to occasionally pop it into the foreground again.

	Once you have entered a name (perhaps supplied by default) and
a password, select Accept to initiate the authentication. Select
Cancel if you do not wish to (or are unable to) login at this time.

	There are two places in this program where you might be
asked for authentication. In some cases, other authentication
mechanisms might be in place, so you may not always be asked.

	1. To open or access a mailbox on the mail server.

	2. To fetch an external message via FTP.

	In each of these cases, this program will make the best guess
as to what the Username should be for the service involved. If it is
incorrect, you should change it. (You may also set this from the
top-level Option->Configure menu so you don't have to always do
this). You may or not have the same username and password for each 
service. Above the Username field is a line indicating which service 
and/or system is requesting your identity.

	The password should be known only to you. You will not see it
displayed when you type it in. Instead, you will see a row of
asterisks. You may backspace and delete to correct it if you think you
typed it incorrectly. You should never give your password to anybody
else, or write it down, or put it in a file. This is a secret you must
memorize and keep to yourself. Otherwise, somebody else might be able
to masquerade as you, and could cause damage to your files or
reputation.

	This program will in a few cases store your login credentials
(encrypted, of course -- and only in memory; not in a file), so that
you do not have to enter them again for the same service. It will then
re-use this information instead of asking you repeatedly. This is
generally the case with mailbox access on a single server. If you
select another server, you will be asked again. You will not be able
to "change identity" on a particular mail server because of this
storage. If more than one person is likely to use this program
connected to the same mail server, you must either retstart the
program, or create a unique Server Configuration for each person
desiring access. FTP logins are not stored in this manner.

	Also, because of this storage, if the program ever terminates
on you with a "core dumped" message, you should immediately remove the
file named "core" from your home directory on the system running this
program. Although your password is encrypted, the exact algorithm used
isn't very secure, and is available to anybody who has program source
code. If they can read the core file, a clever person can find out
your password.