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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 @@ -379,6 +379,14 @@ In Message mode buffers, the 'C-c C-p' ('message-insert-screenshot') command has been added. It depends on using an external program to take the actual screenshot, and defaults to "ImageMagick import". + +** Smtpmail + ++++ +*** Allow direct selection of smtp authentication mechanism. +A server entry retrieved by auth-source can request a desired smtp +authentication mechanism by setting a value for the key 'smtp-auth'. + ** Help +++ |