imap localhost: Unsupported authentication mechanism.

T

Thufir

How do you login to localhost imap?

code:

require 'rubygems'
require 'net/imap'


imap = Net::IMAP.new('localhost')
imap.authenticate('LOGIN', 'thufir', 'password')
imap.examine('INBOX')
imap.search(["RECENT"]).each do |message_id|
envelope = imap.fetch(message_id, "ENVELOPE")[0].attr["ENVELOPE"]
puts "#{envelope.from[0].name}: \t#{envelope.subject}"
end


running the code:

thufir@dur:~/ruby$
thufir@dur:~/ruby$ ruby imap.rb
/home/thufir/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/imap.rb:1141:in`get_tagged_response': Unsupported authentication mechanism. (Net::IMAP::NoResponseError)
from /home/thufir/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/imap.rb:1195:in `block in send_command'
from /home/thufir/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/1.9.1/monitor.rb:211:in `mon_synchronize'
from /home/thufir/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/imap.rb:1177:in `send_command'
from /home/thufir/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/imap.rb:402:in `authenticate'
from imap.rb:6:in `<main>'
thufir@dur:~/ruby$



I'm using dovecot-postfix and dovecot-imapd on Ubuntu 12.04. Thunderbird connects to IMAP on localhost and reads fine with the above configuration (different password, of course).

The host is dur.bounceme.net of which bounceme.net is owned and operated (e-mail address removed), and which I've registered that FQDN host name. It doesn't resolve to anything on DNS, it's just to have a FQDN. I'm not sending nor receiving to the internet at large, everything is on localhost, aka dur..bounceme.net, and, of course, to re-iterate, thunderbird just connects to an IMAP server on localhost (dovecot-imapd) and works fine.

I don't see how it's an Unsupported authentication mechanism. (Net::IMAP::NoResponseError) given that Thunderbird connects fine.



thanks,

Thufir
 
T

Thufir

this works:


require 'net/imap'
imap = Net::IMAP.new('localhost')
imap.login('thufir','password')
puts "logged in"
imap.select('INBOX')
mailIds = imap.search(['ALL'])
mailIds.each do |id|
msg = imap.fetch(id,'RFC822')[0].attr['RFC822']
puts msg
end
imap.logout()
imap.disconnect()




I'll look into the distinction tomorrow. So, of course, in asking the question I found the answer.
 
T

Thufir

Ok, it's morning and I've looked at the code now. For the record, I adopted the working code from <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6715256/ruby-net-imap-archive-mail>.

I'll leave it for later as to why the sample from the NET::IMAP gem invokes a different method (function?). The documentation sample uses imap.authenticate while the sample from stackoverflow uses imap.login for some reason.

I'm sure that reading the API would explain this, I'll go back to the gem documentation. I don't recall seeing mention of this on the gem web page, but maybe I didn't notice.


-Thufir
 
1

1935blackhawk

How do you login to localhost imap?



code:



require 'rubygems'

require 'net/imap'





imap = Net::IMAP.new('localhost')

imap.authenticate('LOGIN', 'thufir', 'password')

imap.examine('INBOX')

imap.search(["RECENT"]).each do |message_id|

envelope = imap.fetch(message_id, "ENVELOPE")[0].attr["ENVELOPE"]

puts "#{envelope.from[0].name}: \t#{envelope.subject}"

end





running the code:



thufir@dur:~/ruby$

thufir@dur:~/ruby$ ruby imap.rb

/home/thufir/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/imap.rb:1141:in `get_tagged_response': Unsupported authentication mechanism. (Net::IMAP::NoResponseError)

from /home/thufir/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/imap.rb:1195:in `block in send_command'

from /home/thufir/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/1.9.1/monitor.rb:211:in `mon_synchronize'

from /home/thufir/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/imap.rb:1177:in `send_command'

from /home/thufir/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/imap.rb:402:in `authenticate'

from imap.rb:6:in `<main>'

thufir@dur:~/ruby$







I'm using dovecot-postfix and dovecot-imapd on Ubuntu 12.04. Thunderbirdconnects to IMAP on localhost and reads fine with the above configuration (different password, of course).



The host is dur.bounceme.net of which bounceme.net is owned and operated by (e-mail address removed), and which I've registered that FQDN host name. It doesn't resolve to anything on DNS, it's just to have a FQDN. I'm not sending nor receiving to the internet at large, everything is on localhost, aka dur.bounceme.net, and, of course, to re-iterate, thunderbird just connects to an IMAP server on localhost (dovecot-imapd) and works fine.



I don't see how it's an Unsupported authentication mechanism. (Net::IMAP::NoResponseError) given that Thunderbird connects fine.







thanks,



Thufir
 
1

1935blackhawk

How do you login to localhost imap?



code:



require 'rubygems'

require 'net/imap'





imap = Net::IMAP.new('localhost')

imap.authenticate('LOGIN', 'thufir', 'password')

imap.examine('INBOX')

imap.search(["RECENT"]).each do |message_id|

envelope = imap.fetch(message_id, "ENVELOPE")[0].attr["ENVELOPE"]

puts "#{envelope.from[0].name}: \t#{envelope.subject}"

end





running the code:



thufir@dur:~/ruby$

thufir@dur:~/ruby$ ruby imap.rb

/home/thufir/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/imap.rb:1141:in `get_tagged_response': Unsupported authentication mechanism. (Net::IMAP::NoResponseError)

from /home/thufir/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/imap.rb:1195:in `block in send_command'

from /home/thufir/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/1.9.1/monitor.rb:211:in `mon_synchronize'

from /home/thufir/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/imap.rb:1177:in `send_command'

from /home/thufir/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p327/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/imap.rb:402:in `authenticate'

from imap.rb:6:in `<main>'

thufir@dur:~/ruby$







I'm using dovecot-postfix and dovecot-imapd on Ubuntu 12.04. Thunderbirdconnects to IMAP on localhost and reads fine with the above configuration (different password, of course).



The host is dur.bounceme.net of which bounceme.net is owned and operated by (e-mail address removed), and which I've registered that FQDN host name. It doesn't resolve to anything on DNS, it's just to have a FQDN. I'm not sending nor receiving to the internet at large, everything is on localhost, aka dur.bounceme.net, and, of course, to re-iterate, thunderbird just connects to an IMAP server on localhost (dovecot-imapd) and works fine.



I don't see how it's an Unsupported authentication mechanism. (Net::IMAP::NoResponseError) given that Thunderbird connects fine.


please remove this feature from my pc




thanks,



Thufir
 

Ask a Question

Want to reply to this thread or ask your own question?

You'll need to choose a username for the site, which only take a couple of moments. After that, you can post your question and our members will help you out.

Ask a Question

Similar Threads


Members online

Forum statistics

Threads
473,734
Messages
2,569,441
Members
44,832
Latest member
GlennSmall

Latest Threads

Top