Default install w/ IMAP-UW won't work on FreeBSD - was [imp] (no subject)

[Thomas O'Brien]

Quoting Chris <cth at fast.dnswatch.com>:

> Greetings,
>  The default install of IMP/ HORDE (3.1) with IMAP-UW is broken for those who
> do not wish to use TLS. Why? Because the IMAP-UW port on FreeBSD 5 and 5+
> *disables* plaintext logins. The *only* way to login with IMAP is with
> SSL/ TLS. Checking my imp/config/servers.php, I have the following IMAP
> settings:
>
> $servers['imap'] = array(
>     'name' => 'IMAP Server',
>     'server' => 'localhost',
> //    'protocol' => 'imap/ssl/novalidate-cert',
> //    'port' => 993,
>     'port' => 143,
>     'folders' => 'Mail/',
>     'namespace' => '',
>     'maildomain' => '<my domain.name here>',
>     'smtphost' => 'localhost',
> //  'realm' => '<my host.domain.name here>',
>     'realm' => '',
>     'preferred' => ''
> );
>
> As you can see, there is only reference to the *non*ssl IMAP port. With these
> settings *all* login attempts will fail with the following messages in the
> web servers error log:
>
> [error] PHP Notice:  Server disables LOGIN, no recognized SASL authenticator
> (errflg=2) in Unknown on line 0
>
> This error indicates that IMAP-UW *will not* permit plain text logins 
> and will
> only allow *secure* (SSL/TLS) logins. BUMMER, would have loved to use 
> IMP. But
> doesn't look very promising.
> Any help/ ideas on how to get "plaintext" logins working?
>

Did you read the protocol section at the top of server.php?