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| author | Peter Baker <peter@tastydiff.com> | 2010-10-14 11:24:25 -0500 |
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| committer | Peter Baker <peter@tastydiff.com> | 2010-10-14 11:24:25 -0500 |
| commit | 5a898e106a6f92ad2773a6525b0899cf906d2b3f (patch) | |
| tree | 415e7841836da6e02af578a14e66b08ed7792afe /actionmailer/lib/action_mailer | |
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Explain actionamailer authentication types
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb index 0bf60a2c24..478ceda389 100644 --- a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb +++ b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb @@ -290,7 +290,9 @@ module ActionMailer #:nodoc: # * <tt>:password</tt> - If your mail server requires authentication, set the password in this setting. # * <tt>:authentication</tt> - If your mail server requires authentication, you need to specify the # authentication type here. - # This is a symbol and one of <tt>:plain</tt>, <tt>:login</tt>, <tt>:cram_md5</tt>. + # This is a symbol and one of <tt>:plain</tt> (will send the password in the clear), <tt>:login</tt> (will + # send password BASE64 encoded) or <tt>:cram_md5</tt> (combines a Challenge/Response mechanism to exchange + # information and a cryptographic Message Digest 5 algorithm to hash important information) # * <tt>:enable_starttls_auto</tt> - When set to true, detects if STARTTLS is enabled in your SMTP server # and starts to use it. # |