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| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | fetchmail.man | 9 |
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@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@ removed from a 6.5.0 or newer release.) requirements (dependencies), such as Boost or other class libraries. * The softbounce option default will change to "false" in the next release. * The --bsmtp - mode of operation may be removed in a future release. -* Given that OpenSSL is severely underdocumented, and needs license exceptions, - fetchmail may switch to a different SSL library. * SSLv3 support may be removed from a future fetchmail release. It has been obsolete for many years and found insecure. Use TLS. * Fetchmailconf is deprecated and will be removed from a future release. diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index 484b9dde..b1edcde7 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -1205,15 +1205,6 @@ All retrieval protocols can use SSL or TLS wrapping for the transport. Additionally, POP3 and IMAP retrieval can also negotiate SSL/TLS by means of STARTTLS (or STLS). .PP -Note that fetchmail currently uses the OpenSSL library, which is -somewhat under-documented, so failures may occur just because the -programmers are not aware of OpenSSL's requirement of the day. -For instance, since v6.3.16, fetchmail calls -OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms(), which is necessary to support certificates -using SHA256 on OpenSSL 0.9.8 -- this information is deeply hidden in -the documentation and not at all obvious. Please do not hesitate to -report subtle TLS or SSL failures. -.PP You can access TLS-encrypted services by specifying the options starting with \-\-ssl, such as \-\-ssl, \-\-sslproto, \-\-sslcertck, and others. You can also do this using the corresponding user options in the .fetchmailrc |