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→‎XML: Add new authentication values for bug 525238

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           <username>%EMAILLOCALPART%</username>
           <authentication>plain</authentication>
-             <!-- "plain": Send password in the clear (dangerous, if SSL isn't used either).
+             <!-- "plain" (deprecated),
+                 "password-clear":
+                          Send password in the clear
+                          (dangerous, if SSL isn't used either).
                            ANONYMOUS, PLAIN or LOGIN etc..
-                  "secure": Auto-negotiate an encrypted password mechanism.
+                  "password-encrypted":
+                           Auto-negotiate a secure encrypted password mechanism.
+                           Can be CRAM-MD5 or DIGEST-MD5
+                 "NTLM":
+                           Use NTLM (or NTLMv2 or successors),
+                           the Windows login mechanism.
+                 "NTLM":
+                           Use Kerberos / GSSAPI,
+                           a single-signon mechanism used for big sites.
+                 "secure" (deprecated):
+                           Auto-negotiate a secure auth mechanism.
                             Can be CRAM-MD5, DIGEST-MD5,
                             KerberosV4, GSSAPI (Kerberos v5) etc..
+                 "client-ip-based":
+                           The server recognizes this user based on the IP address.
+                           No authentication needed, the server will require no username nor password.
+                 "none":
+                           No authentication
           <pop3>
              <!-- remove the following and leave to client/user? -->
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           <username>%EMAILLOCALPART%</username> <!-- if smtp-auth -->
           <authentication>plain</authentication>
-             <!-- none (server grants access based on IP address),
+             <!-- smtp-auth (RFC 2554, 4954) or other auth mechanism.
-                 plain (smtp-auth, RFC 2554, 4954),
+                  For values, see incoming.
-                  secure (smtp-auth, RFC 2554, 4954) (see incoming),
+                 Additional options here:
-                  smtp-after-pop (authenticate to incoming mail server first
+                  "smtp-after-pop":
-                 before contacting the smtp server)-->
+                     authenticate to incoming mail server first
+                     before contacting the smtp server.
+            -->
           <addThisServer>true</addThisServer>
           <useGlobalPreferredServer>true</useGlobalPreferredServer>