Re: force plain / login authentication

Ede Wolf <[email protected]> Thu, 6 Jul 2023 16:46:28 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.mail.fetchmail.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
auth password does indeed work, if one gets enough sleep and therefore 
stays clear from typos. Fixed.

Am 06.07.23 um 08:18 schrieb Ede Wolf:
> Hello,
> 
> I am dealing with a buggy pop3 server, that announces cram-md5 
> authentication, but in fact does not do so (any more). Confirmed by the 
> support.
> 
> As I will not be able to fix the remote server, I am wondering, are 
> there a means to tell fetchmail to only use either plain or login? Both 
> are advertised as well.
> 
> Adding "authenticate password" to fetchmailrc does not do the trick.
> 
> The connection itself is TLS secured
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Ede
> 
> 
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