From 30b0881c9bdb0d33e2a972b01f2e72f119b75508 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Andree Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 23:02:28 +0000 Subject: document that passwords are length limited. svn path=/trunk/; revision=4444 --- NEWS | 1 + fetchmail.man | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 727c61b3..4232c864 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ fetchmail 6.3.0 (not yet released officially): * Man page: update --smtpaddress documentation. Sunil Shetye. * Fix several memory leaks and bugs in the SMTP/LMTP retry logic where fetchmail confused UNIX and Internet domain sockets. Sunil Shetye. +* Man page (BUGS): document that passwords are length limited. Matthias Andree # INTERNAL CHANGES * Switched to automake. Matthias Andree. diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index 3c40961a..f0bb2997 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -2409,6 +2409,10 @@ with the plugin option. .PP The 'principal' option only handles Kerberos IV, not V. .PP +Interactively entered passwords are truncated after 63 characters. If +you really need to use a longer password, you will have to use a +configuration file. +.PP Send comments, bug reports, gripes, and the like to the fetchmail-devel list . An HTML FAQ is available at the fetchmail home page; surf to -- cgit v1.2.3