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smtp & imap can only indicate which mechanisms the server software supports. individual accounts may not have derived secrets for all those mechanisms. imap & smtp cannot indicate that a client should try another (specific) mechanism. but at least we shouldn't slow the connection down due to failed auth attempts in that case. heard from ben that this is a common source for trouble when setting up email accounts.