# Net::IMAP

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/net-imap/71603>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 10, 2006, 8:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/net-imap/71603 "2006-10-10T08:11:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![tma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@tma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tma)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 8:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/net-imap/71603/1 "2006-10-10T08:11:53Z")

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What’s the difference between AUTH=PLAIN and AUTH=LOGIN  
(besides the fact that LOGIN doesn’t work on my server and PLAIN does)

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**Author:** ![tma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@tma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tma)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 5:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/net-imap/71603/2 "2006-10-10T17:01:29Z")

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Tom A. wrote:  
| What’s the difference between AUTH=PLAIN and AUTH=LOGIN  
| (besides the fact that LOGIN doesn’t work on my server and PLAIN does)

The difference between AUTH LOGIN and LOGIN PLAIN is that AUTH LOGIN  
uses a standard encryption - LOGIN PLAIN does not have any encryption.

Josef ‘Jupp’ Schugt  
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