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(I) IMAP4 usage: A mechanism [R2195], intended for use with IMAP4
AUTHENTICATE, by which an IMAP4 client uses a keyed hash [R2104]
to authenticate itself to an IMAP4 server. (See: POP3 APOP.)
(C) The server includes a unique timestamp in its ready response
to the client. The client replies with the client's name and the
hash result of applying MD5 to a string formed from concatenating
the timestamp with a shared secret that is known only to the
client and the server.
