Title: MD5 authorization
Last modified: May 10, 2017

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# MD5 authorization

 *  Resolved [ise-dvp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ise-dvp/)
 * (@ise-dvp)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/md5-authorization/)
 * Hi!
 * I have MD5 authorization on the mail server.
    How to connect to the server from
   your plugin?
 * Messages are issued:
 * Socket write: (login)
    Socket read (1): -ERR Authentication failed (check username,
   password, etc) Socket read (1): + OK Send password next Socket write: (login)
   Socket read (1): -ERR Authentication failed. Method error
 * Thanks

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 *  Plugin Author [Wayne Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wayneallen-1/)
 * (@wayneallen-1)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/md5-authorization/#post-9119022)
 * Postie doesn’t support alternate authentication mechanisms such as CRAM-MD5.

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/md5-authorization/#post-9119022)
 * Status: resolved