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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1997-09-30 21:26:42 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1997-09-30 21:26:42 +0000 |
| commit | 12543c76ce635e1efa5a6585f47ebd85b5c7db90 (patch) | |
| tree | 421dba6fad43471c42b3e7eb017097023f500726 /fetchmail.man | |
| parent | 06e870380328afef42cb857f7e421466df12aeaa (diff) | |
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Integrated RPA support.
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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index 5b794fb5..53d50d63 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -451,6 +451,12 @@ If you are using POP3, and the server issues a one-time-password challenge conforming to RFC1938, \fIfetchmail\fR will use your password as a pass phrase to generate the required response. This avoids sending secrets over the net unencrypted. +.PP +Compuserve's RPA authentication (similar to APOP) is supported. If +you are using POP3, and the RPA code has been compiled into your +binary, and you query a server in the Compuserve csi.com domain, +\fIfetchmail\fR will try to perform an RPA pass-phrase authentication +instead of sending over the password en clair. .SH DAEMON MODE The @@ -1371,7 +1377,7 @@ The RFC822 parser used in multidrop mode chokes on some @-addresses that are technically legal but bizarre. Strange uses of quoting and embedded comments are likely to confuse it. .PP -Use of any of the supported protocols other than POP3 with OTP, APOP, +Use of any of the supported protocols other than POP3 with OTP or RPA, APOP, KPOP, IMAP-K4, or ETRN requires that the program send unencrypted passwords over the TCP/IP connection to the mailserver. This creates a risk that name/password pairs might be snaffled with a packet |