MBOX-Line: From David.Harris at pmail.gen.nz  Sat Oct 22 16:23:16 2011
To: imap-protocol@u.washington.edu
From: David Harris <David.Harris@pmail.gen.nz>
Date: Fri Jun  8 12:34:46 2018
Subject: [Imap-protocol] Apple's iCloud server non-compliant!
In-Reply-To: <alpine.OSX.2.00.1110221212460.29979@hsinghsing.panda.com>
References: <alpine.OSX.2.00.1110221212460.29979@hsinghsing.panda.com>
Message-ID: <4EA35064.5552.33AE28E3@David.Harris.pmail.gen.nz>

On 22 Oct 2011 at 12:20, Mark Crispin wrote:

> There is yet another broken IMAP server inflicted upon the world.  The
> iCloud/.me IMAP server (a.k.a. iSCREAM, st11p00mmm-iscream--5.me.com)
> advertises AUTH=PLAIN but doesn't accept it:
>  	2 authenticate plain
>  	2 BAD parse error
> 
> Apparently, Apple thinks think that by advertising SASL-IR, a client is
> compelled to implement it.

Apple has always seemed to believe that they are in the business of 
making standards, not following them. They're the new IBM in that 
regard.

As someone who's had to deal with the output from infinitely-accursed 
AppleMail in its various incarnations over the years, nothing Apple do 
could surprise me any more.

Cheers!

-- David --

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