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authorLars Magne Ingebrigtsen2011-12-10 07:58:12 +0100
committerLars Magne Ingebrigtsen2011-12-10 07:58:12 +0100
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Clarify auth-source in conjuction with smtpmail in NEWS.
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@@ -133,7 +133,10 @@ That variable used to have the default value "~/.authinfo", in which
133case you won't see any difference. But if you changed it to be a list 133case you won't see any difference. But if you changed it to be a list
134of user names and passwords, that setting is now ignored; you will be 134of user names and passwords, that setting is now ignored; you will be
135prompted for the user name and the password, which will then be saved 135prompted for the user name and the password, which will then be saved
136to ~/.authinfo. 136to ~/.authinfo. (To control where and how the credentials are stored,
137see the auth-source manual. You may want to change the auth-source
138preferences if you want to store the credentials encrypted, for
139instance.)
137 140
138You can also manually copy the credentials to your ~/.authinfo file. 141You can also manually copy the credentials to your ~/.authinfo file.
139For example, if you had 142For example, if you had