Clarify auth-source in conjuction with smtpmail in NEWS.

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/etc/ChangeLog b/etc/ChangeLog
index 64479f7987f..758025c6c3e 100644
--- a/etc/ChangeLog
+++ b/etc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-12-10  Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen  <larsi@gnus.org>
+
+        * NEWS: Mention auth-source twice in connection with smtpmail to
+        clarify that smtpmail uses auth-source.
+
 2011-11-20  Bill Wohler  <wohler@newt.com>
 
         Release MH-E version 8.3.1.
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index fe481c4ed8f..7b778b64991 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -133,7 +133,10 @@ That variable used to have the default value "~/.authinfo", in which
 case you won't see any difference.  But if you changed it to be a list
 of user names and passwords, that setting is now ignored; you will be
 prompted for the user name and the password, which will then be saved
-to ~/.authinfo.
+to ~/.authinfo.  (To control where and how the credentials are stored,
+see the auth-source manual.  You may want to change the auth-source
+preferences if you want to store the credentials encrypted, for
+instance.)
 
 You can also manually copy the credentials to your ~/.authinfo file.
 For example, if you had