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Subject: [exim-dev] [Bug 2878] mention that authentication cancellation affects $authentication_failed variable
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2878

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https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commitdiff/6d8e1b63fda70bb4153034870cc8b68f9011d0e1

commit 6d8e1b63fda70bb4153034870cc8b68f9011d0e1
Author:     Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@???>
AuthorDate: Sun May 8 13:20:49 2022 +0100
Commit:     Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@???>
CommitDate: Sun May 8 13:20:49 2022 +0100


    Docs: clarify $authentication_failed.  Bug 2878
---
 doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)


diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index 911f17a..eafd56f 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"

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