AuthMechanism Property
The authentication mechanism to be used when connecting to the mail server.
Syntax
imapcontrol.AuthMechanism[=integer]
Possible Values
amUserPassword(0), amCRAMMD5(1), amNTLM(2), amAPOP(3), amSASLPlain(4), amSASLDigestMD5(5), amKerberos(6), amXOAUTH2(7)
Default Value
0
Remarks
| Auth Mechanism | Description |
| 0 (amUserPassword - Default) | A user/password pair is sent in plaintext to login. (Default) |
| 1 (amCRAMMD5) | CRAM-MD5 authentication. |
| 2 (amNTLM) | NTLM authentication. |
| 4 (amSASLPlain) | SASLPlain. Note, that servers will often require SSL be used when this authentication mechanism is requested. See AuthorizationIdentity. |
| 5 (amSASLDigestMD5) | SASLDigestMD5. See AuthorizationIdentity. |
| 6 (amKerberos) | Kerberos authentication. This option is available in Windows or other platforms when using the Java edition. |
| 7 (mXOAUTH) | XOAUTH2 authentication. See AuthorizationIdentity. |
Data Type
Integer