From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 03:08:46 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Take out the check for AUTH-LOGIN or AUTH=LOGIN in login() -- some
X-Git-Tag: v1.5.2a1~760
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a986bb7e5c9597b4e9407502795e20f4a8855699;p=python

Take out the check for AUTH-LOGIN or AUTH=LOGIN in login() -- some
servers support LOGIN but don't advertise it.  If it's not supported
the protocol will respond NO.  Approved by Piers Lauder.
---

diff --git a/Lib/imaplib.py b/Lib/imaplib.py
index bbca38e5c1..1ecb9015d0 100644
--- a/Lib/imaplib.py
+++ b/Lib/imaplib.py
@@ -275,9 +275,6 @@ class IMAP4:
 
 		(typ, [data]) = <instance>.list(user, password)
 		"""
-		if not 'AUTH=LOGIN' in self.capabilities \
-		and not 'AUTH-LOGIN' in self.capabilities:
-			raise self.error("server doesn't allow LOGIN authorisation")
 		typ, dat = self._simple_command('LOGIN', user, password)
 		if typ != 'OK':
 			raise self.error(dat)