>I'm bugged by qpopper. I've compiled it, and installed the recent 3.1 beta
>RPM (from rpmfind.net) for RedHat 6.2. The server responds nicely using
>user/pass authentication, but won't do APOP.
>
>Examining the debugging logs ("-t" cmd line flag) reveals that when Outlook
>2000 says "AUTH" qpopper responds "+OK Following are Support SASL
>mechanisms". Problem is, it doesn't provide such a list. Outlook gets so
>frustrated by qpoppers obvious duplicity in this matter that the next thing
>it says is "QUIT".
I think you're confused. APOP doesn't have anything to do with SASL
(which is what uses the AUTH command). There's a separate APOP command
for doing APOP authentication. It sounds like Outlook wants to do
SASL authentication (which I think there's some rudimentary support for
in qpopper, but I have no idea how well it works).
--Ken
