Remove OpenSSL migration warnings.

2 files changed, 0 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c9ccd12e..4aa1d2c2 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@ removed from a 6.5.0 or newer release.)
   requirements (dependencies), such as Boost or other class libraries.
 * The softbounce option default will change to "false" in the next release.
 * The --bsmtp - mode of operation may be removed in a future release.
-* Given that OpenSSL is severely underdocumented, and needs license exceptions,
-  fetchmail may switch to a different SSL library.
 * SSLv3 support may be removed from a future fetchmail release. It has been
   obsolete for many years and found insecure. Use TLS.
 * Fetchmailconf is deprecated and will be removed from a future release.
diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man
index 484b9dde..b1edcde7 100644
--- a/fetchmail.man
+++ b/fetchmail.man
@@ -1205,15 +1205,6 @@ All retrieval protocols can use SSL or TLS wrapping for the
 transport. Additionally, POP3 and IMAP retrieval can also negotiate
 SSL/TLS by means of STARTTLS (or STLS).
 .PP
-Note that fetchmail currently uses the OpenSSL library, which is
-somewhat under-documented, so failures may occur just because the
-programmers are not aware of OpenSSL's requirement of the day.
-For instance, since v6.3.16, fetchmail calls
-OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms(), which is necessary to support certificates
-using SHA256 on OpenSSL 0.9.8 -- this information is deeply hidden in
-the documentation and not at all obvious.  Please do not hesitate to
-report subtle TLS or SSL failures.
-.PP
 You can access TLS-encrypted services by specifying the options starting
 with \-\-ssl, such as \-\-ssl, \-\-sslproto, \-\-sslcertck, and others.
 You can also do this using the corresponding user options in the .fetchmailrc