Using Mutt and gnome-keyring

I've used various tools over the years to store my email passwords in my desktop environment's secure password storage system. Currently that is gnome-keyring which implements the Secret Service API. The secret-tool program can be used to integrate password storage with programs like Mutt, which don't use the API directly.

Storing a password:

Retrieving the password:


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