IMAP/SASL-IR support in Archiveopteryx
SASL is a general authentication subsystem used by Archiveopteryx for IMAP, POP and SMTP/Submit.
Because IMAP was designed before SASL (in fact, SASL is a generalization of IMAP's AUTHENTICATE command), IMAP's SASL support lacks some features. One of them is clean support for authentication exchanges where the client speaks first. SASL-IR adds this feature to IMAP.
Most IMAP servers support SASL-IR, including Archiveopteryx. We expect most mobile email readers to support it, since it is part of the LEMONADE group of extensions.
In case of questions, please write to info@aox.org.
Relevant links
- Other IMAP extensions supported:
ACL, ANNOTATE, BINARY, CATENATE, CHILDREN, COMPRESS, CONDSTORE, ENABLE, ESEARCH, ID, IDLE, LISTEXT, LITERAL+, LOGINDISABLED, NAMESPACE, QUOTA, SORT, SORT=DISPLAYFROM, STARTTLS, UIDPLUS, UNSELECT, URLAUTH, WITHIN - RFC 4422
- RFC 4959
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Last modified: 2010-05-02
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