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2006-09-06 Simon Josefsson <[e-mail]> * smtpmail.texi (Authentication): Mention SSL.

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@cindex SASL
@cindex CRAM-MD5
@cindex LOGIN
@cindex STARTTLS
Many environments require SMTP clients to authenticate themselves
before they are allowed to route mail via a server.  The two following
variables contains the authentication information needed for this.
The first variable, @code{smtpmail-auth-credentials}, instructs the
SMTP library to use a SASL authentication step, currently only the

that order if the server support both.

The second variable, @code{smtpmail-starttls-credentials}, instructs
the SMTP library to connect to the server using STARTTLS.  This means
the protocol exchange may be integrity protected and confidential by
using TLS, and optionally also authentication of the client.  This
feature uses the elisp package @file{starttls.el} (see it for more
information on customization), which in turn require that at least one
of the following external tools are installed:

@enumerate
@item
The GNUTLS command line tool @samp{gnutls-cli}, you can get it from
@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/}.  This is the recommended

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@cindex SASL
@cindex CRAM-MD5
@cindex LOGIN
@cindex STARTTLS
@cindex TLS
@cindex SSL
Many environments require SMTP clients to authenticate themselves
before they are allowed to route mail via a server.  The two following
variables contains the authentication information needed for this.
The first variable, @code{smtpmail-auth-credentials}, instructs the
SMTP library to use a SASL authentication step, currently only the

that order if the server support both.

The second variable, @code{smtpmail-starttls-credentials}, instructs
the SMTP library to connect to the server using STARTTLS.  This means
the protocol exchange may be integrity protected and confidential by
using TLS, also known as SSL, and optionally also authentication of
the client.  This feature uses the elisp package @file{starttls.el}
(see it for more information on customization), which in turn require
that at least one of the following external tools are installed:

@enumerate
@item
The GNUTLS command line tool @samp{gnutls-cli}, you can get it from
@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/}.  This is the recommended