diff --git a/commands/compose/send.go b/commands/compose/send.go
index 5a12428..2d994bf 100644
--- a/commands/compose/send.go
+++ b/commands/compose/send.go
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ func (Send) Execute(aerc *widgets.Aerc, args []string) error {
 		fallthrough
 	case "none":
 		saslClient = nil
+	case "login":
+		password, _ := uri.User.Password()
+		saslClient = sasl.NewLoginClient(uri.User.Username(), password)
 	case "plain":
 		password, _ := uri.User.Password()
 		saslClient = sasl.NewPlainClient("", uri.User.Username(), password)
diff --git a/doc/aerc-smtp.5.scd b/doc/aerc-smtp.5.scd
index e455001..da9b1ac 100644
--- a/doc/aerc-smtp.5.scd
+++ b/doc/aerc-smtp.5.scd
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ available:
 		Authenticate with a username and password using AUTH PLAIN. This is the
 		default behavior.
 
+	*+login*:
+		Authenticate with a username and password using AUTH LOGIN. This is an obsolete
+		protocol, but is required for some common webmail providers.
+
 *outgoing-cred-cmd*
 	Specifies the command to run to get the password for the SMTP
 	account. This command will be run using `sh -c [command]`. If a
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index aeb7f8c..0595a0f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/emersion/go-imap-idle v0.0.0-20190519112320-2704abd7050e
 	github.com/emersion/go-maildir v0.0.0-20190727102040-941194b0ac70
 	github.com/emersion/go-message v0.10.7
-	github.com/emersion/go-sasl v0.0.0-20190704090222-36b50694675c
+	github.com/emersion/go-sasl v0.0.0-20190817083125-240c8404624e
 	github.com/emersion/go-smtp v0.11.2
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7
 	github.com/gdamore/tcell v1.1.5-0.20190724020331-84b54971b46c
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2749ac5..f111fc5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ github.com/emersion/go-sasl v0.0.0-20190520160400-47d427600317 h1:tYZxAY8nu3JJQK
 github.com/emersion/go-sasl v0.0.0-20190520160400-47d427600317/go.mod h1:G/dpzLu16WtQpBfQ/z3LYiYJn3ZhKSGWn83fyoyQe/k=
 github.com/emersion/go-sasl v0.0.0-20190704090222-36b50694675c h1:Spm8jy+jWYG/Dn6ygbq/LBW/6M27kg59GK+FkKjexuw=
 github.com/emersion/go-sasl v0.0.0-20190704090222-36b50694675c/go.mod h1:G/dpzLu16WtQpBfQ/z3LYiYJn3ZhKSGWn83fyoyQe/k=
+github.com/emersion/go-sasl v0.0.0-20190817083125-240c8404624e h1:ba7YsgX5OV8FjGi5ZWml8Jng6oBrJAb3ahqWMJ5Ce8Q=
+github.com/emersion/go-sasl v0.0.0-20190817083125-240c8404624e/go.mod h1:G/dpzLu16WtQpBfQ/z3LYiYJn3ZhKSGWn83fyoyQe/k=
 github.com/emersion/go-smtp v0.11.2 h1:5PO2Kwsx+HXuytntCfMvcworC/iq45TPGkwjnaBZFSg=
 github.com/emersion/go-smtp v0.11.2/go.mod h1:byi9Y32SuKwjTJt9DO2tTWYjtF3lEh154tE1AcaJQSY=
 github.com/emersion/go-textwrapper v0.0.0-20160606182133-d0e65e56babe h1:40SWqY0zE3qCi6ZrtTf5OUdNm5lDnGnjRSq9GgmeTrg=