Re: IMAP plain text authentication

[Carlos Morgado <chbm chbm nu>]

On 2001.10.24 08:39:16 +0100 Jon Tai wrote:
> Can you connect to the account using another e-mail client?  Is balsa the 
> only one that fails?  When I was transitioning to IMAP from POP, I had the 
> most trouble configuring the server, so check to make sure it's not a 
> problem with the server's setup.  - Jon
> 

"other client" is vague. several clients (netscape for one) allow large
degrees of stupidity/brokeness from servers. balsa is much more of a
rfc nazy :)

anyway, in this case i won't rule the possibility of a bug in the imap md5
stuff. i never tried and don't know if anyone uses it :\

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