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@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ Preface Note: there is a separate document "README.SSL-SERVER" describing the server- side requirements for proper SSL support. It has checklist-style and is not -specific to fetchmail. +specific to fetchmail. This document is about the client-side (fetchmail side) +setup. In case of troubles, mail the README.SSL-SERVER file to your ISP and have them check their server configuration against it. @@ -21,7 +22,11 @@ If your server does not support this, you may have to specify --sslproto ssl3+. This is in order to prefer the newer TLS protocols, because SSLv2 and v3 are broken. - -- Matthias Andree, 2019-08-18 +Finally, due to other defaults changing, and several mail services not +supporting in-band negotiation of SSL or TLS by means of STLS or STARTTLS, +you may need to add ssl or --ssl to your configuration. + + -- Matthias Andree, 2021-03-29 Quickstart @@ -45,6 +50,9 @@ or these options in the rcfile (after the respective "user"... options) sslproto auto sslcertck +Note that some services do not offer STLS or STARTTLS, but most do +offer SSL or TLS on a separate, dedicated, "secure" port: + For use of SSL or TLS on a separate port, if the whole TCP connection is SSL-encrypted from the very beginning (SSL- or TLS-wrapped), use these command line options (in the rcfile, omit all leading "--"): |