21 Jul
2005
21 Jul
'05
12:12 p.m.
Jeroen Scheerder wrote:
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Thunderbird, in my test setup, is configured to use SSL. I did notice, though (if a bit unexpectedly) that the service on port 994 is plain, albeit with STARTTLS. Mutt and Apple's mail recognize that, switch to TLS, and work. Maybe Thunderbird doesn't handle this equally gracefully.
That's it. Thunderbird tried to talk ssl to a plain imap service, which horribly failed.
Well, having an IMAPS-only dovecot on port 994 fixed things for Thunderbird, mutt still works, but Apple Mail (Panther, 1.3.11 (v622)) won't anymore. I guess "SSL" in Apple Mail really means "no SLL, but STARTTLS once connected". Sheesh.