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Er, no. IMAP requires you to send password (encrypted or no) every time you connect.
by Mavrik 15y ago
Er, no. IMAP requires you to send password (encrypted or no) every time you connect.
- mike-cardwell 15y agoFYI, you can authenticate against both Googles IMAP and SMTP submission services using OAUTH. * CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UNSELECT IDLE NAMESPACE QUOTA ID XLIST CHILDREN X-GM-EXT-1 XYZZY SASL-IR AUTH=XOAUTH 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN XOAUTH
- ConstantineXVI 15y agoThe client has to support it though; can't think of a mail client I've used with oAuth support.
- mike-cardwell 15y agoOAuth was added so apps could be built which are able to access other peoples gmail accounts, but without sharing credentials. I believe there are web apps which utilise this OAuth capability, but I haven't come across any desktop apps which use it. My point still stands though, which is that you can use IMAP without passwords.