Login via python imaplib

[jimmyj_in]

Hello,

I obtained a test demo account from zimbra and am trying to connect to it programatically via python:

>>> M = imaplib.IMAP4('testzimbra.com')
>>> M.login('username', 'password')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/imaplib.py", line 501, in login
raise self.error(dat[-1])
imaplib.error: cleartext logins disabled


How do I enable cleartext logins? Or how do I log in programatically with encryption...

Thanks
Jim

[bkmontgomery]

I know this is an old post, but I ran across this after searching for the error: cleartext logins disabled.

I was able to get around this error by using IMAP4_SSL. The following code worked for me.

import imaplib, getpass

m = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL('connect.southwest.tn.edu')
m.login(getpass.getuser(), getpass.getpass())

Hope this helps someone else.