[Dovecot] Disable TLS on port 143?

Matthias Andree matthias.andree at gmx.de
Tue Jan 9 23:58:47 UTC 2007


Jackie Hunt <jackie at yuma.acns.colostate.edu> writes:

> Thanks, John.  I'm replacing a UofW IMAP server, and would like to
> do a "transparent" switch to Dovecot.  We found that the clients are
> negotiating a TLS connection on 143, and then complaining about our 
> certificate.  I want to avoid having to reconfigure clients.

How about fixing the certificate or pointing clients to the right root
certificate?

Alternatively, using stunnel as SSL service wrapper on port 993 on an
otherwise unencrypted ssl-disabled Dovecot installation might work.

-- 
Matthias Andree


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