From 5ab62b61fb4d47f2740bfcef52d540f95335360e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benedikt Rips <benedikt.rips@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2025 13:12:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] accounts.email: add authentication mechanism

---
 modules/accounts/email.nix | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)

diff --git a/modules/accounts/email.nix b/modules/accounts/email.nix
index 0d4f4f4d..b6e57561 100644
--- a/modules/accounts/email.nix
+++ b/modules/accounts/email.nix
@@ -114,6 +114,28 @@ let
     };
   };
 
+  authenticationOption = mkOption {
+    type = types.nullOr (
+      types.either types.str (
+        types.enum [
+          "anonymous"
+          "apop"
+          "clear"
+          "cram_md5"
+          "digest_md5"
+          "gssapi"
+          "login"
+          "ntlm"
+          "plain"
+          "xoauth2"
+        ]
+      )
+    );
+    default = null;
+    example = "plain";
+    description = "The authentication mechanism.";
+  };
+
   imapModule = types.submodule {
     options = {
       host = mkOption {
@@ -134,6 +156,8 @@ let
         '';
       };
 
+      authentication = authenticationOption;
+
       tls = mkOption {
         type = tlsModule;
         default = { };
@@ -194,6 +218,8 @@ let
         '';
       };
 
+      authentication = authenticationOption;
+
       tls = mkOption {
         type = tlsModule;
         default = { };