X-Git-Url: https://git.hcoop.net/bpt/emacs.git/blobdiff_plain/dc6a28319312fe81f7a1015e363174022313f0bd..6b61353c0a0320ee15bb6488149735381fed62ec:/man/smtpmail.texi diff --git a/man/smtpmail.texi b/man/smtpmail.texi index f1074dd100..08ce87ac99 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 @@ -385,3 +383,7 @@ cannot accept mail. @contents @bye + +@ignore + arch-tag: 6316abdf-b366-4562-87a2-f37e8f894b6f +@end ignore