document that passwords are length limited.

svn path=/trunk/; revision=4444

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 727c61b315ddd9da7e569fbac53ef9be5774d9ac..4232c864251dd8805b533e4f07580d0e02765b24 100644 (file)
--- 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 3c40961a4235f6ea8fce8d8dc7df194438d26cac..f0bb29971570428049424adbabcb68028c60ad1f 100644 (file)
--- 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
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