(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>.

diff --git a/man/ChangeLog b/man/ChangeLog
index 116cb15ccefd4879d56593c029147917a4aa5725..a43729904a83081a15a15f28544e0cfbed2202b0 100644 (file)
--- a/man/ChangeLog
+++ b/man/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2004-02-29  Simon Josefsson  <jas@extundo.com>
+
+       * smtpmail.texi (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>.
+
 2004-02-29  Juanma Barranquero  <lektu@terra.es>
 
        * makefile.w32-in (mostlyclean, clean, maintainer-clean): Use

diff --git a/man/smtpmail.texi b/man/smtpmail.texi
index c04d5a19bd2d0121d667e80592a69624c143ac90..08ce87ac995edda877e7f9c7f50ea3cff07fe64f 100644 (file)
--- 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