From b32ab998cc4884e8f7aa804e814b04780c19da80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Andree Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:14:11 +0200 Subject: Revise FAQ R15 a little bit. --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'fetchmail-FAQ.html') diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index e78e566e..48449fc6 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -2515,7 +2515,9 @@ the most secure schemes are tried first.

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.

+situations, fetchmail cannot know the scheme will fail without trying +it. In most cases, fetchmail should proceed to the next authentication +scheme automatically, but this sometimes does not work.

Solution: Configure the right authentication scheme explicitly, for instance, with --auth cram-md5 or --auth -- cgit v1.2.3