From 5fd902c1cb309c93e174241e84bd0346f0adadb0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan Harkless Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 06:11:03 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] -apop and -noapop were not documented in msgchk.man. -snoop was documented but didn't appear in the usage SYNOPSIS. --- ChangeLog | 5 +++++ man/msgchk.man | 14 ++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index b9ed7d3..520c910 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +Fri Dec 22 22:08:51 2000 Dan Harkless + + * -apop and -noapop were not documented in msgchk.man. -snoop was + documented but didn't appear in the usage SYNOPSIS. + Fri Dec 22 23:42:16 2000 Shantonu Sen * Made a new ./configure option called diff --git a/man/msgchk.man b/man/msgchk.man index 2f1fed5..f1a10ee 100644 --- a/man/msgchk.man +++ b/man/msgchk.man @@ -20,9 +20,12 @@ msgchk %nmhbeginpop% \%[\-host\ hostname] \%[\-user\ username] +\%[\-apop] +\%[\-noapop] \%[\-kpop] \%[\-sasl] \%[\-saslmech \mechanism] +\%[\-snoop] .br %nmhendpop% \%[users\ ...] @@ -79,6 +82,17 @@ For debugging purposes, there is also a switch `\-snoop', which will allow you to watch the POP transaction take place between you and the POP server. +If nmh has been compiled with APOP #defined, the `\-apop' switch will cause +\fImsgchk\fR to use APOP rather than standard POP3 authentication. Under APOP, +a unique string (generally of the format +<\fIpid\fR.\fItimestamp\fR@\fIhostname\fR>) is announced by the POP server. +Rather than `USER \fIuser\fR', `PASS \fIpassword\fR', msgchk sends `APOP +\fIuser\fR \fIdigest\fR', where digest is the MD5 hash of the unique string +followed by a `secret' shared by client and server, essentially equivalent to +the user's password (though an APOP-enabled POP3 server could have separate APOP +and plain POP3 passwords for a single user). `\-noapop' disables APOP in cases +where it'd otherwise be used. + If nmh has been compiled with KPOP #defined, the `\-kpop' switch will allow \fImsgchk\fR to use Kerberized POP rather than standard POP3 on a given invocation. If POPSERVICE was also #defined to "kpop", \fImsgchk\fR will be -- 1.7.10.4