authMechanism (property)
The authentication mechanism to be used when connecting to the mail server.
Syntax
@property (nonatomic,readwrite,assign,getter=authMechanism,setter=setAuthMechanism:) int authMechanism; - (int)authMechanism; - (void)setAuthMechanism:(int)newAuthMechanism;
/* Possible Values */
AM_USER_PASSWORD(0),
AM_CRAMMD5(1),
AM_NTLM(2),
AM_APOP(3),
AM_SASLPLAIN(4),
AM_SASLDIGEST_MD5(5),
AM_KERBEROS(6),
AM_XOAUTH2(7)
public var authMechanism: PimapAuthMechanisms {
get {...}
set {...}
}
public enum PimapAuthMechanisms : Int32 {
case amUserPassword = 0
case amCRAMMD5 = 1
case amNTLM = 2
case amAPOP = 3
case amSASLPlain = 4
case amSASLDigestMD5 = 5
case amKerberos = 6
case 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. |