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* doc/misc/smtpmail.texi (Authentication): Fix authentication
mechanism count and add index entries for OAuth 2.0.  (Bug#65507)
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@ -264,12 +264,14 @@ file, @pxref{Top,,auth-source, auth, Emacs auth-source Library}.
@cindex CRAM-MD5
@cindex PLAIN
@cindex LOGIN
@cindex OAuth2
@cindex OAuth 2.0
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},
this library supports four 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
encryption to obscure your password, while the others do not. It
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