Thanks for the suggestion - This is not an option for me as this is a corporate email server and I don't get to change the security settings on those servers

I need a client which can be configured appropriately....

I need to the option to switch off secure authentication for IMAP4 when SSL is selected, just like thunderbird (which can connect to the account) or Modest automagically tests which auth mode to use (a bit like the s60 email client)

This is a real showstopper for me as I need to access my work email account.

Whats really irritating is that SMTP does provide the options to switch authentication used when using SSL - so I can actually successfully send email.

My other option is zimbra but that's not working in the browser for me using the SDK

So the question I have on this is whether its intended behaviour or whether this is a bug??

I don't think its a rare use case, so surprised its not user configurable.