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diff --git a/doc/misc/smtpmail.texi b/doc/misc/smtpmail.texi index ca7dabe6545..f5d567533b6 100644 --- a/doc/misc/smtpmail.texi +++ b/doc/misc/smtpmail.texi @@ -264,12 +264,14 @@ file, @pxref{Top,,auth-source, auth, Emacs auth-source Library}. @cindex CRAM-MD5 @cindex PLAIN @cindex LOGIN -The process by which the SMTP library authenticates you to the server -is known as ``Simple Authentication and Security Layer'' (SASL). -There are various SASL mechanisms, and this library supports three of -them: CRAM-MD5, PLAIN, and LOGIN, where the first uses a form of +The process by which the @acronym{SMTP} library authenticates you to +the server is known as ``Simple Authentication and Security Layer'' +(@acronym{SASL}). There are various @acronym{SASL} mechanisms, and +this library supports three of them: @code{cram-md5}, @code{plain}, +@code{login} and @code{xoauth2}, where the first uses a form of encryption to obscure your password, while the other two do not. It -tries each of them, in that order, until one succeeds. You can +tries each of them, in that order, until one succeeds. +(@code{xoauth2} requires using the @file{oauth2.el} library. You can override this by assigning a specific authentication mechanism to a server by including a key @code{smtp-auth} with the value of your preferred mechanism in the appropriate @file{~/.authinfo} entry. |