{"draft":"","doc_id":"RFC1731","title":" IMAP4 Authentication Mechanisms ","authors":["J. Myers"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"6","pub_status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","source":"Internet Message Access Protocol","abstract":" The Internet Message Access Protocol, Version 4 [IMAP4] contains the AUTHENTICATE command, for identifying and authenticating a user to an IMAP4 server and for optionally negotiating a protection mechanism for subsequent protocol interactions.  This document describes several authentication mechanisms for use by the IMAP4 AUTHENTICATE command. [STANDARDS-TRACK]  ","pub_date":"November 1994","keywords":["IMAP4-AUTH","Internet","Message","Access","Protocol","Email"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC1731","errata_url":null}