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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index cb26738a..8624b502 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ 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 @@ -646,10 +648,8 @@ 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. +you specify it, \fIfetchmail\fR will try to perform an RPA pass-phrase +authentication instead of sending over the password en clair. .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 @@ -1823,6 +1823,9 @@ 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 Send comments, bug reports, gripes, and the like to the fetchmail-friends list <fetchmail-friends@ccil.org>. An HTML FAQ is available at the fetchmail home page; surf to |