auth_mechanism Property
The authentication mechanism to be used when connecting to the mail server.
Syntax
def get_auth_mechanism() -> int: ... def set_auth_mechanism(value: int) -> None: ...
auth_mechanism = property(get_auth_mechanism, set_auth_mechanism)
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. |