# HG changeset patch # User Simon Josefsson # Date 1157533844 0 # Node ID 886b4823edf48ad75cdb5342d78f4787a84632ea # Parent b1e05ba6e2b17dc513ca22b029897a551ab25cf2 2006-09-06 Simon Josefsson * smtpmail.texi (Authentication): Mention SSL. diff -r b1e05ba6e2b1 -r 886b4823edf4 man/ChangeLog --- a/man/ChangeLog Wed Sep 06 09:08:55 2006 +0000 +++ b/man/ChangeLog Wed Sep 06 09:10:44 2006 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2006-09-06 Simon Josefsson + + * smtpmail.texi (Authentication): Mention SSL. + 2006-09-01 Eli Zaretskii * rcirc.texi (Internet Relay Chat, Useful IRC commands): Don't use diff -r b1e05ba6e2b1 -r 886b4823edf4 man/smtpmail.texi --- a/man/smtpmail.texi Wed Sep 06 09:08:55 2006 +0000 +++ b/man/smtpmail.texi Wed Sep 06 09:10:44 2006 +0000 @@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ @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. @@ -220,10 +222,10 @@ 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: +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