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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index a57e4583..91db4421 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ messages but before deleting them</a><br/> errors.</a><br /> <a href="#R13">R13. What does "Interrupted system call" mean?</a><br /> <a href="#R14">R14. Since upgrading fetchmail/OpenSSL, I can no longer connect!</a><br /> +<a href="#R15">R15. Help, I'm getting Authorization failure!</a><br /> <h2 id="C_H">Hangs and lockups</h2> @@ -2505,6 +2506,26 @@ option is <kbd>--sslcertpath /home/hans/certs</kbd> on the commandline and env PATH=/opt/openssl1.0.0/bin /opt/openssl1.0.0/bin/c_rehash /home/hans/certs </pre> +<h2><a id="R15" name="R15">R15. Help, I'm getting Authorization failure!</a></h2> + +<p>Fetchmail by default attempts to authenticate using various schemes. +Fetchmail tries these schemes in order of descending security, meaning +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.</p> + +<p><strong>Solution:</strong> Configure the right authentication scheme +explicitly, for instance, with <kbd>--auth cram-md5</kbd> or <kbd>--auth + password</kbd> on the command line or <code>auth "cram-md5"</code> or + <code>auth "password"</code> in the rcfile. Details can be found + in the manual page.<br /> + <strong>Note</strong> that auth password should only be used + across secure links (see the sslcertck and ssl/sslproto options). + </p> + <hr/> <h1>Hangs and lockups</h1> <h2><a id="H1" name="H1">H1. Fetchmail hangs when used with |