Mbsync and imap login problem

• Author: Solène
• Date: 17 May 2016
• Tags: solved email

NILI have not found any answer about this so I share my fixed. I wanted

to use mbsync with one IMAP server and encountered the following

error.

IMAP command 'AUTHENTICATE DIGEST-MD5' returned an error: NO Authentication failed

A fix is to add the following to your ~/.mbsyncrc IMAPAccount

declaration.

AuthMechs LOGIN

Using LOGIN instead of DIGEST-MD5 is still secure **if** you have an

encrypted connection (IMAPS or STARTTLS). The login will be given

plaintext inside the connection.