IMAP
SASL
SASL AUTH EXTERNAL
RFC4422
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# Server-side
AUTH EXTERNAL
REPLY AUTHENTICATE +
REPLY dXNlcg== A002 OK AUTHENTICATE completed
From: me@somewhere
To: fake@nowhere
body
--
yours sincerely
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# Client-side
imap
IMAP external authentication
'imap://user;AUTH=EXTERNAL@%HOSTIP:%IMAPPORT/837/;UID=1'
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# Verify data after the test has been "shot"
A001 CAPABILITY
A002 AUTHENTICATE EXTERNAL
dXNlcg==
A003 SELECT 837
A004 FETCH 1 BODY[]
A005 LOGOUT