I kept digging and in the docs/sslbuild document found that adding
SSLTYPE=unix to the make command allows for the weak login password
situation traditional to pop3 servers.

Dave Morris

On Sat, 31 Jul 2004, David Morris wrote:

>
> I used 'make lrh' to compile the imap tools but I'm obviously missing a
> key step since neither telnet attempts nor outlook express can connect.
>
> It seems like I'm missing an authorization mechanism based on the messages
> I get when I attempt a telnet connection:
>
>   -bash-2.05b$ telnet localhost 110
>   Trying 127.0.0.1...
>   Connected to localhost.
>   Escape character is '^]'.
>   +OK POP3 localhost.xpasc.com 2004.88 server ready
>   user dwm
>   -ERR Unknown AUTHORIZATION state command
>   auth
>   +OK Supported authentication mechanisms:
>   .
>
> Including the empty list of supported mechanisms ... but I can't seem to
> find directions on how to populate this list.
>
> Thanks,
>
>    Dave Morris
>
>
>

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