Re: [Imap-protocol] Authenticating with iCloud

Another potential reason:

The @mac.com / @me.com IMAP servers advertise SASL PLAIN but it
doesn't actually work with a full email address ([email protected] or
[email protected]), only works with "user".

So two possible workarounds:

- Do not use SASL PLAIN for imap.mail.me.com / mac.com

- Or strip the domain part from the login

PS - at least the above was the case 2-3 years ago when we ran into
this with our email app and had to add a workaround.

-- K

2017-05-12 22:26 GMT+03:00 Dave Warren <[email protected]>:
> Two-factor authentication, perhaps requiring an App Specific password?
>
> On Fri, May 12, 2017, at 12:14, Jeff McKay wrote:
>> Does the server imap.mail.me.com not support a standard IMAP logon with
>> a user id and password?  I use port 993,
>> just a simple login command:  LOGIN "[email protected]" "password"
>> but get back "Authentication failed".  My customer claims the user name
>> and password are valid.
>>
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