Method: IMAPClient#connect

Defined in:
lib/imap_client.rb

#connect(host, port, ssl, username, password, auth = nil) ⇒ Object

Connects to IMAP server host at port using ssl if ssl is true then logs in as username with password. IMAPClient will really only work with PLAIN auth on SSL sockets, sorry.



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# File 'lib/imap_client.rb', line 262

def connect(host, port, ssl, username, password, auth = nil)
  @imap = Net::IMAP.new host, port, ssl
  log "Connected to #{host}:#{port}"

  if auth.nil? then
    auth_caps = @imap.capability.select { |c| c =~ /^AUTH/ }
    raise "Couldn't find a supported auth type" if auth_caps.empty?
    auth = auth_caps.first.sub(/AUTH=/, '')
  end

  auth = auth.upcase
  log "Trying #{auth} authentication"
  @imap.authenticate auth, username, password
  log "Logged in as #{username}"
end