[Dovecot] Different Mechanism for POP3

Reindl Harald h.reindl at thelounge.net
Sat Nov 17 21:55:49 EET 2012



Am 17.11.2012 17:23, schrieb Tim Smith:
> Just wondered if there was a way of making the PLAIN an authentication method for POP3S transactions only without
> making this an option for IMAP? I am attempting to connect to a POP3S server through the GMail interface available
> through "Accounts and Import". The issue is that there does not seem to be an option to specify the type of
> mechanism within their interface so I think I have to offer PLAIN along with SSL. Has anyone else had any
> experience of using the GMail import settings?

why not simply allow PLAIN at all?

nearly all modern clients are using CRAM-MD5 as default if offered
as also SSL/TLS if offered - let your users decide which mech they
are using, really, some of them my use whatever sync-tools like
imapsync or whatever which should not bother you at all

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