SASL error
Thunderbird couldn't connect to ATT/yahoo mail with the error "Sending of username did not succeed. Mail server inbound.att.net responded: Unsupported SASL mechanism." I am totally unfamiliar with this issue but know it involves an encrypted password. A net search so far is of little help though I did run into a statement that windows doesn't have this issue. I use linux and searching my package manager I find quite a few SASL mechanism plugins (who knew?) but no way to differentiate any. ATT's site is useless. Is anyone here familiar with this problem? In the meantime, I see 1 called login mechanism plugin - no, thats deprecated of course, says use the plain one so its that one for me. Tnx...
Chosen solution
Encrypted password authentication is very rare, and definitely not correct for AT&T. It's likely the error was due to the wrong authentication setting.
Ler a resposta no contexto 👍 0All Replies (4)
Are you using a secure mail key in TB instead of the account password?
https://www.att.com/support/article/dsl-high-speed/KM1010523/
sfhowes said
Are you using a secure mail key in TB instead of the account password? https://www.att.com/support/article/dsl-high-speed/KM1010523/
yes, generated by ATT - I had chosen encrypted password in the port settings but in reviewing ATT directions, I went back and called it Normal Password even though its secure (an hour ago). In hindsight, that may have been the issue, dunno now since I picked out and installed 6 SASL plugins first. Would you think that Normal Password vs Encrypted choice would have caused the ATT SASL error? The error went away after reboot...
Chosen Solution
Encrypted password authentication is very rare, and definitely not correct for AT&T. It's likely the error was due to the wrong authentication setting.
sfhowes said
Encrypted password authentication is very rare, and definitely not correct for AT&T. It's likely the error was due to the wrong authentication setting.
I agree - the SASL thing was probably a red herring that got me overthinking. Thanks for the input, learn something every day.
You must log in to your account to reply to posts. Please start a new question, if you do not have an account yet.