+2003-02-27 ShengHuo ZHU <zsh@cs.rochester.edu>
+
+ * gnus.texi: Remove the dependence on ssl.el.
+
2003-02-26 Jesper Harder <harder@ifa.au.dk>
* message.texi (Mail Variables): Add
@findex nntp-open-ssl-stream
@item nntp-open-ssl-stream
-Opens a connection to a server over a @dfn{secure} channel. To use
-this you must have OpenSSL (@uref{http://www.openssl.org}) or SSLeay
-installed (@uref{ftp://ftp.psy.uq.oz.au/pub/Crypto/SSL}, and you also
-need @file{ssl.el} (from the W3 distribution, for instance). You then
+Opens a connection to a server over a @dfn{secure} channel. To use this
+you must have OpenSSL (@uref{http://www.openssl.org}) or SSLeay
+installed (@uref{ftp://ftp.psy.uq.oz.au/pub/Crypto/SSL}. You then
define a server as follows:
@lisp
@samp{starttls}.
@item
@dfn{ssl:} Connect through SSL. Requires OpenSSL (the program
-@samp{openssl}) or SSLeay (@samp{s_client}) as well as the external
-library @samp{ssl.el}.
+@samp{openssl}) or SSLeay (@samp{s_client}).
@item
@dfn{shell:} Use a shell command to start @sc{imap} connection.
@item
SSLeay, 0.9.x, are known to have serious bugs making it
useless. Earlier versions, especially 0.8.x, of SSLeay are known to
work. The variable @code{imap-ssl-program} contain parameters to pass
-to OpenSSL/SSLeay. You also need @samp{ssl.el} (from the W3
-distribution, for instance).
+to OpenSSL/SSLeay.
@vindex imap-shell-program
@vindex imap-shell-host