[Dovecot] Dovecot vs.Clients - strange behaviour, diagnostics sought

[Jeroen Scheerder]

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.