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| author | Andrew G Cohen <cohen@andy.bu.edu> | 2020-09-01 19:38:36 +0800 |
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| committer | Andrew G Cohen <cohen@andy.bu.edu> | 2020-09-01 19:41:13 +0800 |
| commit | bdb6d3a94342542401cca773f5bf2ef0a8c2ab66 (patch) | |
| tree | a237cf98c01e6c9821c8c7d1e12dadfd0efb703d /doc/misc/smtpmail.texi | |
| parent | 2ea34662c20f71d35dd52a5ed996542c7386b9cb (diff) | |
; Document choice of smtp authentication method
* doc/misc/smtpmail.texi (Authentication): Document smtp-auth.
* etc/NEWS: Advertise the feature.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/misc/smtpmail.texi | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/misc/smtpmail.texi b/doc/misc/smtpmail.texi index f29a5a82e86..18c76fb8898 100644 --- a/doc/misc/smtpmail.texi +++ b/doc/misc/smtpmail.texi @@ -267,10 +267,11 @@ file, @pxref{Top,,auth-source, auth, Emacs auth-source Library}. The process by which the SMTP library authenticates you to the server is known as ``Simple Authentication and Security Layer'' (SASL). There are various SASL mechanisms, and this library supports three of -them: CRAM-MD5, PLAIN, and LOGIN@. It tries each of them, in that order, -until one succeeds. The first uses a form of encryption to obscure -your password, while the other two do not. - +them: CRAM-MD5, PLAIN, and LOGIN@, where the first uses a form of +encryption to obscure your password, while the other two do not. It +tries each of them, in that order, until one succeeds. You can assign +a specific authentication mechanism to a server by including a key +smtp-auth with a value of the preferred mechanism. @node Encryption @chapter Encryption |