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| author | Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org> | 2022-05-08 13:20:49 +0100 |
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| committer | Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org> | 2022-05-08 13:20:49 +0100 |
| commit | 6d8e1b63fda70bb4153034870cc8b68f9011d0e1 (patch) | |
| tree | 064d2e844a141f3308689f8f0a92c648b754e47d /doc/doc-docbook | |
| parent | a6b77bc13e95b9689821ee8c2a53d044ced195b0 (diff) | |
Docs: clarify $authentication_failed. Bug 2878
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/doc-docbook')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt index 911f17ad8..eafd56fba 100644 --- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt +++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt @@ -12536,9 +12536,10 @@ command that does not succeed. Otherwise it is set to &"0"&. This makes it possible to distinguish between &"did not try to authenticate"& (&$sender_host_authenticated$& is empty and &$authentication_failed$& is set to &"0"&) and &"tried to authenticate but failed"& (&$sender_host_authenticated$& -is empty and &$authentication_failed$& is set to &"1"&). Failure includes any -negative response to an AUTH command, including (for example) an attempt to use -an undefined mechanism. +is empty and &$authentication_failed$& is set to &"1"&). +Failure includes cancellation of a authentication attempt, +and any negative response to an AUTH command, +(including, for example, an attempt to use an undefined mechanism). .vitem &$av_failed$& .cindex "content scanning" "AV scanner failure" |