Disable Cram-5md in php imap 1

[IPGuru]

I am trying to connect to an embeded IMAP server thet incorrectly announces CRAM-5MD authernticatin as being available
because of this php times ot & fails to connect
is there any way to force php to only use plain text authentication (I can see options ot force secure but not vice versa)

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[IPGuru]

Bump
can no one help?
even a definitive "It cant be done" would be usefull

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[jpadie]

I investigated this but could not find any way of influencing the imap extension. i assume you have tried connecting with no security at all?

the only suggestions i can make are:

1. re-roll the imap extension yourself from source code (should not be too difficult to identify the conditional tree relating to cram-md5 or the response)
2. perhaps use a command line imap client to fetch the mail and then process it in php

 

[IPGuru]

I have been working on opt 2 as a work around for this
creating a python modue to get the inormation i require & return it back to the php page, so far it seems to be working

another result for universal plan "B": When all else fails CHEAT

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[jpadie]

would using fetchmail and mutt not be easier? or even just fetchmail and bung a php listener onto the port that you point fetchmail at?

 

[IPGuru]

The final gol is to recreate the Avaya IP Office UMS web page (which is currently not available on thier Linux VM Server)

this means i need to be able to perform a number of control functions on the msgs (Mark as read/unread, delete/undelete)
so it is not just a simple task of using fetchmail/ mutt, at least I would not think so.

Many thanks anyway

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