X-Git-Url: http://pileus.org/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=fetchmail-FAQ.html;h=6b425ea2c376cc9b7d049e76044f250bcaa9c6be;hb=49268a95ee78bc179fd3439b3f06e9a06c993c92;hp=c57438fc2f58ffb079e61712488d0e6f209ea0d8;hpb=ac5a23769a5b07a24fde7b7cd18940c27c6dfd6a;p=~andy%2Ffetchmail diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index c57438fc..6b425ea2 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -2532,10 +2532,11 @@ 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 -it. In most cases, fetchmail should proceed to the next authentication -scheme automatically, but this sometimes does not work.

+GSSAPI that requires credentials to be acquired externally. In some +situations, fetchmail cannot know that the scheme will fail beforehand, +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