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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index ffc95d43..487eb7b9 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -254,6 +254,17 @@ work -- has to bind to a privileged port locally in order for the mail server to believe it's allowed to bind to a privileged remote port.) .PP +RFC1460 introduced APOP authentication. In this variant of POP3, +you register an APOP password on your server host (the program +to do this with on the server is probably called \fIpopauth\fR(8)). You +put the same password in your +.I .fetchmailrc +file. Each time +.I fetchmail +logs in, it sends a cryptographically secure hash of your password and +the server greeting time to the server, which can verify it by +checking its authorization database. +.PP .SH OUTPUT OPTIONS The default behavior of .I fetchmail |