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changeset 54201:458c6240bae0
(Authentication): Changed the list of supported
authentication mechanisms from CRAM-MD5, PLAIN and LOGIN-MD5 to
CRAM-MD5 and LOGIN, tiny patch from Andreas Voegele
<voegelas@gmx.net>.
| author | Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> |
|---|---|
| date | Sun, 29 Feb 2004 22:07:50 +0000 |
| parents | b0293635c42b |
| children | 8491a6eafd00 |
| files | man/smtpmail.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/smtpmail.texi Sun Feb 29 20:28:11 2004 +0000 +++ b/man/smtpmail.texi Sun Feb 29 22:07:50 2004 +0000 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ @settitle Emacs SMTP Library @syncodeindex vr fn @copying -Copyright @copyright{} 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright @copyright{} 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @quotation Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document @@ -207,7 +207,6 @@ @cindex SASL @cindex CRAM-MD5 -@cindex PLAIN @cindex LOGIN @cindex STARTTLS Many environments require SMTP clients to authenticate themselves @@ -215,15 +214,14 @@ 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 -CRAM-MD5, PLAIN and LOGIN-MD5 mechanisms are supported and will be -selected in that order if the server supports them. The second -variable, @code{smtpmail-starttls-credentials}, instructs the SMTP -library to connect to the server using STARTTLS. This means the -protocol exchange can be integrity protected and confidential by using -TLS, and optionally also authentication of the client. It is common -to use both these mechanisms, e.g., to use STARTTLS to achieve -integrity and confidentiality and then use SASL for client -authentication. +CRAM-MD5 and LOGIN mechanisms are supported and will be selected in +that order if the server supports them. The second variable, +@code{smtpmail-starttls-credentials}, instructs the SMTP library to +connect to the server using STARTTLS. This means the protocol +exchange can be integrity protected and confidential by using TLS, and +optionally also authentication of the client. It is common to use +both these mechanisms, e.g., to use STARTTLS to achieve integrity and +confidentiality and then use SASL for client authentication. @table @code @item smtpmail-auth-credentials