> That says the submit server's IMAP client must support STARTTLS+SASL
> PLAIN authentication.

Yes.

> Which is exactly the opposite of what X-PLAIN-SUBMIT does.

X-PLAIN-SUBMIT is intended to allow a submission server to connect to the IMAP 
server, send STARTTLS, and then authenticate using a plain-text password -- 
even when PLAIN is disabled for normal users.  Nothing more.  We just didn't 
want URLAUTH to break when the administrator shuts down PLAIN auth.

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