From 5f85272e5b6b34ba2962314d3d7fe340ec91dd4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Josefsson Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 09:10:44 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 2006-09-06 Simon Josefsson * smtpmail.texi (Authentication): Mention SSL. --- man/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ man/smtpmail.texi | 10 ++++++---- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/ChangeLog b/man/ChangeLog index 388800b99ae..7d7fb35c97b 100644 --- a/man/ChangeLog +++ b/man/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2006-09-06 Simon Josefsson + + * smtpmail.texi (Authentication): Mention SSL. + 2006-09-01 Eli Zaretskii * rcirc.texi (Internet Relay Chat, Useful IRC commands): Don't use diff --git a/man/smtpmail.texi b/man/smtpmail.texi index 792a7934f95..b32185e5305 100644 --- a/man/smtpmail.texi +++ b/man/smtpmail.texi @@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ The following example illustrates what you could put in @cindex CRAM-MD5 @cindex LOGIN @cindex STARTTLS +@cindex TLS +@cindex SSL Many environments require SMTP clients to authenticate themselves before they are allowed to route mail via a server. The two following variables contains the authentication information needed for this. @@ -220,10 +222,10 @@ that order if the server support both. The second variable, @code{smtpmail-starttls-credentials}, instructs the SMTP library to connect to the server using STARTTLS. This means the protocol exchange may be integrity protected and confidential by -using TLS, and optionally also authentication of the client. This -feature uses the elisp package @file{starttls.el} (see it for more -information on customization), which in turn require that at least one -of the following external tools are installed: +using TLS, also known as SSL, and optionally also authentication of +the client. This feature uses the elisp package @file{starttls.el} +(see it for more information on customization), which in turn require +that at least one of the following external tools are installed: @enumerate @item -- 2.39.2