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>>> import imaplib
>>> imap = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL("imap.example.com")
>>> authcb = lambda resp: "{0}\x00{0}\x00{1}".format("username","password")
>>> imap.authenticate("PLAIN", authcb)
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "<pyshell#3>", line 1, in <module>
 imap.authenticate("PLAIN", authcb)
 File "/usr/lib/python3.1/imaplib.py", line 361, in authenticate
 typ, dat = self._simple_command('AUTHENTICATE', mech)
 File "/usr/lib/python3.1/imaplib.py", line 1075, in _simple_command
 return self._command_complete(name, self._command(name, *args))
 File "/usr/lib/python3.1/imaplib.py", line 889, in _command
 literal = literator(self.continuation_response)
 File "/usr/lib/python3.1/imaplib.py", line 1238, in process
 return self.encode(ret)
 File "/usr/lib/python3.1/imaplib.py", line 1257, in encode
 e = binascii.b2a_base64(t)
TypeError: must be bytes or buffer, not str
... and ...
>>> authcb = lambda resp: "{0}\x00{0}\x00{1}".format("username","password").encode()
>>> imap.authenticate("PLAIN", authcb)
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "<pyshell#8>", line 1, in <module>
 imap.authenticate("PLAIN", authcb)
 File "/usr/lib/python3.1/imaplib.py", line 361, in authenticate
 typ, dat = self._simple_command('AUTHENTICATE', mech)
 File "/usr/lib/python3.1/imaplib.py", line 1075, in _simple_command
 return self._command_complete(name, self._command(name, *args))
 File "/usr/lib/python3.1/imaplib.py", line 889, in _command
 literal = literator(self.continuation_response)
 File "/usr/lib/python3.1/imaplib.py", line 1238, in process
 return self.encode(ret)
 File "/usr/lib/python3.1/imaplib.py", line 1259, in encode
 oup = oup + e[:-1]
TypeError: Can't convert 'bytes' object to str implicitly