With a little help from Marc (ok, a lot), CRAM-MD5 and DIGEST-MD5 no longer require...

[squirrelmail.git] / doc / authentication.txt

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--- a/doc/authentication.txt
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 **********************************************
 IMAP AND SMTP AUTHENTICATION WITH SQUIRRELMAIL
-Preliminary documentation - 20 Nov 2002
+Preliminary documentation - 6 Dec 2002
 Chris Hilts chilts@birdbrained.org
 **********************************************
 
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ REQUIREMENTS
 
 CRAM/DIGEST-MD5
 * SquirrelMail 1.3.3 or higher
-* The mhash extension for PHP. (Debian users: You're lucky.  Type 'apt-get
-  install php4-mhash' and you're done.)
+* If you have the mhash extension to PHP, it will automatically
+  be used, which may help performance on heavily loaded servers.
+  ** NOTE: mhash is optional and no longer a requirement **
 
 TLS
 * SquirrelMail 1.3.3 or higher