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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index c57438fc..6b425ea2 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -2532,10 +2532,11 @@ the most secure schemes are tried first.</p> <p>However, sometimes the server offers a secure authentication scheme that is not properly configured, or an authentication scheme such as -GSSAPI does requires credentials to be acquired externally. In some -situations, fetchmail cannot know the scheme will fail without trying -it. In most cases, fetchmail should proceed to the next authentication -scheme automatically, but this sometimes does not work.</p> +GSSAPI that requires credentials to be acquired externally. In some +situations, fetchmail cannot know that the scheme will fail beforehand, +without trying it. In most cases, fetchmail should proceed to the next +authentication scheme automatically, but this sometimes does not +work.</p> <p><strong>Solution:</strong> Configure the right authentication scheme explicitly, for instance, with <kbd>--auth cram-md5</kbd> or <kbd>--auth |