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| author | Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> | 2004-02-29 22:08:05 +0000 |
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| committer | Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> | 2004-02-29 22:08:05 +0000 |
| commit | aef3a1f2eb041c10d6e2c8e2c4e03590b6fde0fc (patch) | |
| tree | dcf57fe8b1a84f8952753cc9c161672e5e7f5bb8 /man/smtpmail.texi | |
| parent | 5bb0fcd1e717b608155c8c234e55204ad5894d7c (diff) | |
| download | emacs-aef3a1f2eb041c10d6e2c8e2c4e03590b6fde0fc.tar.gz | |
(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>.
Diffstat (limited to 'man/smtpmail.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/smtpmail.texi | 20 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/man/smtpmail.texi b/man/smtpmail.texi index c04d5a19bd2..08ce87ac995 100644 --- a/man/smtpmail.texi +++ b/man/smtpmail.texi @@ -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 @@ The following example illustrates what you could put in @cindex SASL @cindex CRAM-MD5 -@cindex PLAIN @cindex LOGIN @cindex STARTTLS Many environments require SMTP clients to authenticate themselves @@ -215,15 +214,14 @@ 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 -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 |