[Dovecot] Question about imaps

[Jerry]

On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:40:02 -0700 (MST)
jgiles at cybermesa.com articulated:

> On Mon, November 21, 2011 8:44 am, jgiles at cybermesa.com wrote:
> > Hi List!
> >
> > Had a questions about imap vs. imaps.
> >
> > I read the ssl article at http://wiki2.dovecot.org/SSL and from
> > what I am reading, imaps is no longer needed as imap with initiate
> > SSL/TLS on its own if STARTTLS is started and I have
> > disable_plaintext_auth=yes and ssl=required settings.
> >
> > I do have SSL up and working, and can connect using imap (143) to my
> > server without issue, but was not able to connect using imaps (993)
> > using Kmail as my client.
> >
> > I Was getting a client error stating that the authentication failed
> > using my password. However, there was nothing in the mail.err or
> > mail.log file even when I enable debugging.
> >
> > If I specify imaps as my only protocol, then dovecot fails to even
> > start without any error loging at all.
> >
> > As I stated, imap works just fine.
> >
> > So, is imaps deprecated as mentioned in the article and imaps no
> > longer needed?
> >
> > I am running Dovecot 2.0.13 on an Ubuntu 11.10 64bit server.
> > This server is simply an imap serer and not a MTA (No postfix or
> > sendmail installed.)
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Joe
> 
> LOL, replying to my own e-mail...
> 
> I just discovered that the problem is most likely in my Kmail 2
> client.
> 
> Tried to connect using the following:
> 
> openssl s_client -connect mymailserver.com:993
> 
> I was able to connect, log in, and get information about my mail
> folders.
> 
> Will try Thunderbird when I get home from work. Kmail 2 is still a
> WIP I guess.
> 
> That said, I am still reading that imap with starttls is the way to
> go, so might be a moot issue.
> 
> Thanks!
> Joe

Try this: (substitute your actual host for "remote.host")

openssl s_client -connect remote.host:143 -starttls imap

See if you get a connection. If so, then the server offers STARTTLS.

-- 
Jerry ✌
Dovecot.user at seibercom.net

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