Re: IMAP plain text authentication

[Pawel Salek <pawsa theochem kth se>]

On 2001.10.24 09:22 Ali Akcaagac wrote:
> On 2001.10.24 08:25:58 +0200 Myroslava Dzikovska wrote:
> > I'm trying to use balsa1.2.0 with an imap server set up for plain text
> > authentication. It persists in showing an error (CRAM-MD%
> authentication
> > failed) and does not allow me to access the mailbox. Is there anything
> I
> > can do about it?
> 
> maybe update to 1.2.1 ?

Well, this could not hurt but I think the problem is little bit deeper. 
Balsa should not try CRAM-MD5 authentication if the server does not 
support it. Also, if the server does not support CRAM-MD5, it should not 
advertise it.

The first step is to do run

telnet imap.server.edu 143

and then type
111 CAPABILITY
(send us the server's answer)
and then type
222 LOGOUT

/Pawel