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c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Long: sasl-ir
Help: Initial response in SASL authentication
Protocols: LDAP IMAP POP3 SMTP
Added: 7.31.0
Category: auth
Multi: boolean
See-also:
  - sasl-authzid
Example:
  - --sasl-ir imap://example.com/
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# `--sasl-ir`

Enable initial response in SASL authentication. Such an "initial response" is
a message sent by the client to the server after the client selects an
authentication mechanism.