[sync] Client did not provide authentication data (H5 Samsung Galaxy S3 4.1.2/ Nexus 7 4.2.2))

[Simon Brereton]

On 21 March 2013 18:15, Michael J Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org> wrote:
>
> Quoting primaxx <erol.haagenrud at gmail.com>:
>
>> Simon Brereton-3 wrote
>>>
>>> I know you said your settings looked like mine, but just to be sure,
>>> you're putting the \ before the username, right?
>>
>>
>> Yes, I've tried both with and without, and both with and without a
>> domainname first.
>
>
> For the record, the preceding backslash should make no difference. The
> ActiveSync code splits the string if one is found and discards the domain
> portion. If no backslash is found, the username is used as is.
>
> I guess it's possible some clients may require the backslash to be input
> though...

It's been a while since I tried it and I've changed device since then,
but I know when I first did it, if I didn't have that backslash it was
a no go.  But I remember you saying at the time the \ shouldn't
matter.

Simon