well done, I'll check the it asap, and let you know if I had any issues.
thanks again

thanks! you made my day! with your help, I search "python imap plain authentication", and it returns "http://www.tylerlesmann.com/2009/apr/15/plain-imap-authentication-python/" (almost the same as...

from docs/pop-imap.txt, it seems there is a AUTH=X-ZIMBRA support for imap access:

though, after login with python's imaplib, there is no AUTH=X-ZIMBRA in CAPABILITY



So I want to know how...

google search 'imap admin access' returns this post.
at first, I think python's imaplib.proxyauth is the intuitive way.
so here is the demo code:

hostname, username, password = get_config()...