Re: Authentication prompt for mbox downloads

On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 2:36 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> > I'm certainly not against making the information better, I'm just not
> > sure that's the best way.
>
> So I tried this with the latest version of Safari, and AFAICT it
> just worked --- I got a download without any fiddle-faddle.
> I assume what this means is that I'm already logged in, but
> if so it was quite some time ago, because I rarely use this.
>

I'd have to guess you saved the username and password. I'm logged in, and
if I click any of the mbox links in Chrome or Safari, I just get a prompt
telling me to sign in, with no other details.

Safari has a "remember password" option on that dialog. Chrome does not.

>
> I'd think this means that for most of the people who actually use
> this feature there's not going to be a problem. So I agree that
> taking up valuable screen real estate is not a great solution.
>
> regards, tom lane
>

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