man aerc-imap for details, you can specify an external command to run. The creds file is chmod 600, and most other email clients (e.g. thunderbird) are also sto

man aerc-imap for details, you can specify an external command to run. The creds file is chmod 600, and most other email clients (e.g. thunderbird) are also storing your creds in plaintext - it's just less obvious cause they put them in sqlite or something.