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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index e0c4a691..9f637124 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a> <td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a> -<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/10/17 15:10:42 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/10/17 16:24:27 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -388,14 +388,16 @@ to see these, or telnet direct to the server port (110 for POP3, 143 for IMAP).<P> The facility you are most likely to have available is APOP. This is a -POP3 feature supported by many servers. If you see something in the -greeting line that looks like an angle-bracket-enclosed Internet -address with a numeric left-hand part, that's an APOP challenge (it -will vary each time you log in). You can register a secret on the -host (using <code>popauth(8)</code> or some program like it). Specify -the secret as your password in your .fetchmailrc; it will be used to -encrypt the current challenge, and the encrypted form will be sent -back the the server for verification.<P> +POP3 feature supported by many servers (fetchmailconf's autoprobe +facility will detect it and tell you if you have it). If you see +something in the greeting line that looks like an +angle-bracket-enclosed Internet address with a numeric left-hand part, +that's an APOP challenge (it will vary each time you log in). You can +register a secret on the host (using <code>popauth(8)</code> or some +program like it). Specify the secret as your password in your +.fetchmailrc; it will be used to encrypt the current challenge, and +the encrypted form will be sent back the the server for +verification.<P> Alternatively, you may have Kerberos available. This may require you to set up some magic files in your home directory on your client @@ -423,7 +425,7 @@ OTP, you will specify a password but it will not be sent en clair.<P> Sadly, there is at present (July 1998) no OTP or APOP-like facility generally available on IMAP servers. However, there do exist patches which will OTP-enable the University of Washington IMAP -daemon, version 4.1-BETA. And we have a report that the GSSAPI +daemon, version 4.2-FINAL. And we have a report that the GSSAPI support in fetchmail works with the GSSAPI support in the most recent version of UW IMAP.<P> @@ -439,7 +441,7 @@ not currently a standard way to do this; fetchmail also uses this method, so the two will interoperate happily. They better, because this is how Craig gets his mail ;-)<P> -(One important win of OTP is that it's not subject to ITAR restrictions.)<P> +(One important win of OTP is that it's not subject to EAR restrictions.)<P> <hr> <h2><a name="G9">G9. Is any special configuration needed to use a dynamic IP address?</a></h2> @@ -2182,7 +2184,7 @@ Re-ordering messages is a user-agent function, anyway.<P> <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a> <td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a> -<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/10/17 15:10:42 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/10/17 16:24:27 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |