IMAP IMAP AUTH PLAIN SASL RFC4616 # # Server-side AUTH PLAIN REPLY AUTHENTICATE + REPLY dXNlcgB1c2VyAHNlY3JldA== A002 OK AUTHENTICATE completed From: me@somewhere To: fake@nowhere body -- yours sincerely # # Client-side imap IMAP plain authentication 'imap://%HOSTIP:%IMAPPORT/819/;UID=1' -u user:secret # # Verify data after the test has been "shot" A001 CAPABILITY A002 AUTHENTICATE PLAIN dXNlcgB1c2VyAHNlY3JldA== A003 SELECT 819 A004 FETCH 1 BODY[] A005 LOGOUT