dovecot - Nov 2012 - Different Mechanism for POP3

Just wondered if there was a way of making the PLAIN an authentication 
method for POP3S transactions only without making this an option for 
IMAP? I am attempting to connect to a POP3S server through the GMail 
interface available through "Accounts and Import". The issue is that 
there does not seem to be an option to specify the type of mechanism 
within their interface so I think I have to offer PLAIN along with SSL. 
Has anyone else had any experience of using the GMail import settings?
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Am 17.11.2012 17:23, schrieb Tim Smith:
> Just wondered if there was a way of making the PLAIN an authentication
method for POP3S transactions only without
> making this an option for IMAP? I am attempting to connect to a POP3S
server through the GMail interface available
> through "Accounts and Import". The issue is that there does not
seem to be an option to specify the type of
> mechanism within their interface so I think I have to offer PLAIN along
with SSL. Has anyone else had any
> experience of using the GMail import settings?
why not simply allow PLAIN at all?

nearly all modern clients are using CRAM-MD5 as default if offered
as also SSL/TLS if offered - let your users decide which mech they
are using, really, some of them my use whatever sync-tools like
imapsync or whatever which should not bother you at all

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On 2012-11-17 2:55 PM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net>
wrote:
> Am 17.11.2012 17:23, schrieb Tim Smith:
>> Just wondered if there was a way of making the PLAIN an authentication
method for POP3S transactions only without making this an option for IMAP? I am
attempting to connect to a POP3S server through the GMail interface available
through "Accounts and Import". The issue is that there does not seem
to be an option to specify the type of mechanism within their interface so I
think I have to offer PLAIN along with SSL. Has anyone else had any experience
of using the GMail import settings?
> why not simply allow PLAIN at all?
+1... as long as you only allow encrypted sessions, there is no security 
danger allowing PLAIN...

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Best regards,

Charles