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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>1999-08-03 08:20:31 +0000
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>1999-08-03 08:20:31 +0000
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RPA support works.
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@@ -180,8 +180,6 @@ Use POP3 with MD5 authentication.
Use POP3 with RPOP authentication.
.IP KPOP
Use POP3 with Kerberos V4 authentication on port 1109.
-.IP RPA
-Tries CompuServe's Remote Password Authentication.
.IP SDPS
Use POP3 with Demon Internet's SDPS extensions.
.IP IMAP
@@ -647,9 +645,10 @@ 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 specify it, \fIfetchmail\fR will try to perform an RPA pass-phrase
-authentication instead of sending over the password en clair.
+Compuserve's RPA authentication (similar to APOP) is supported. If you
+compile in the support, \fIfetchmail\fR will try to perform an RPA pass-phrase
+authentication instead of sending over the password en clair if it
+detects "@compuserve.com" in the hostname.
.PP
If you are using IPsec, the -T (--netsec) option can be used to pass
an IP security request to be used when outgoing IP connections are
@@ -1823,9 +1822,6 @@ MDA. For maximum safety, however, don't use an mda command containing
Fetchmail's method of sending bouncemail requires that port 25 of localhost
be available for sending mail via SMTP.
.PP
-Due to an incompatible change in CompuServe's RPA on July 31 1999,
-the RPA support is currently broken.
-.PP
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