[Dovecot] SSL_accept failed

[Morgan Nightbear]

On Sep 15, 2006, at 12:01 PM, Timothy Martin wrote:

> Morgan,
>
> I looked at your server (amethyst) using "openssl s_client" and  
> compared it to mine, and they appear exactly the same. Is that the  
> server to which you connect with Apple Mail successfully?
>
> FYI: my server is running FreeBSD 4.11 (if it matters)

It's one of a few that I use. And I've built dovecot using openssl  
0.9.8.

> I don't even get to this point. I don't get the cert warning dialog  
> with my dovecot server (i do for courier) -- the activity window  
> just shows it trying to synchronize for a very long time with no  
> success.

What message do you have in the log file related to your attempted  
connection? Did you get a certificate warning when trying to connect  
to my server?

> These are indeed the settings I am using as well, except my port is  
> different because my production server is using 993.

That shouldn't be an issue.

-----Morgan