Method Login

Login(ImapAuthentication)

Authenticates the user to the IMAP server using the specified authentication method that does not require credentials (NTLM, GSSAPI or EXTERNAL). Only supported on Windows.

Declaration

public void Login(ImapAuthentication method)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ImapAuthentication	method	Authentication method.

Login(GssApiProvider)

Authenticates the user to the IMAP server using the specified GSSAPI provider. Only supported on Windows and partially on Mono.

Declaration

public void Login(GssApiProvider provider)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
GssApiProvider	provider	GSSAPI provider.

Remarks

Only supported on Windows platforms.

Login(String, String, ImapAuthentication)

Authenticates the user to the IMAP server using the specified authentication method.

Declaration

public void Login(string userName, string password, ImapAuthentication method)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
String	userName	User name.
String	password	Password.
ImapAuthentication	method	Authentication method.

Login(String, ImapAuthentication)

Authenticates the user to the IMAP server using an OAuth token.

Declaration

public void Login(string token, ImapAuthentication method)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
String	token	Authentication token.
ImapAuthentication	method	Authentication method (only OAuth 2.0 is supported at the moment).

Login(String, String)

Authenticates the user to the IMAP server using the specified authentication method.

Declaration

public void Login(string userName, string password)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
String	userName	User name.
String	password	Password.

Remarks

This method tries to authenticate using the following methods, in this order of preference: CRAM-MD5, DIGEST-MD5, PLAIN, LOGIN, ClearText, EXTERNAL, GSSAPI, NTLM. The NTLM, GSSAPI and EXTERNAL methods are only attempted if no other method is available - please use Login(String, String, ImapAuthentication) and specify NTLM, GSSAPI or EXTERNAL directly if you wish to use them.