It's a common pitfall for users of ISPs who use PPTP to stumble and get stuck in misunderstandment due to PPP reporting they "Require MPPE". They'll often install the MPPE kernel module and still it'll keep reporting this message. They'll be often using the pptpconfig package which they fetched off the PPTP Client web site. In that pptpconfig tool, require-mppe wouldn't be selected, making the user even more clueless as to why MPPE is required. Therefore, I propose removing this option from options.pptp. Dialing up to ISPs is a common use of PPTP and in this case, we'd better be "generous in what we accept" because connecting to the Internet is the first thing a newbie user does and we have to make this experience as painless as possible. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): pptp-1.7.0-2.fc4
This is now fixed in upstream CVS and will be included in the next release. See: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=112454304700002&r=1&w=2