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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 2ce2ab16..bda28be3 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a> <td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a> -<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/04/05 04:27:59 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/04/29 06:53:23 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -1569,6 +1569,8 @@ However, the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution hasn't been eviscerated (not yet, anyway -- our would-be totalitarians are working on trashing the Second Amendment first).<P> +<h3>Option 1:</h3> + I can therefore safely <em>tell</em> you, in documentation, that there appears to be a way to set up an SSL command chain using the `plugin' option (originally designed for handling proxy connections across @@ -1585,6 +1587,28 @@ utility `s_client' as follows:<P> Now add `plugin ssl_connect' to the server options for your connection.<P> +<h3>Option 2:</h3> + +For those in the U.S., there is a set of SSL patches for fetchmail +available from the <a href="http://www.cryptography.org">North +American Cryptographic Archives</a>, in the SSL directory. You have +to answer three questions about your qualification to access the +archive, before you are allowed in. You can enter through the main +page for the server and browse the archive, or you can go <a +href="http://www.cryptography.org/cgi-bin/crypto.cgi/SSL">straight to +the SSL directory</a>. There you will find patch files against the +fetchmail release sources as well as patched source tarballs.<P> + +While we cannot make the SSL sources available to anyone outside of the +U.S. at this time, if the patches do leak out of the U.S. through no +fault of our own, and someone informs us of their location, we can +provide the URL pointing to archive sites outside of the U.S.<P> + +Newer versions of the SSL patches make appear in the "incoming" directory +and stay there a while until they can be processed and moved to the SSL +directory. Check for patches in "incoming" if you do not find patches +for the latest release.<P> + <hr> <h2><a name="R1">R1. Fetchmail isn't working, and -v shows `SMTP connect failed' messages.</a></h2> @@ -2303,7 +2327,7 @@ Re-ordering messages is a user-agent function, anyway.<P> <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a> <td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a> -<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/04/05 04:27:59 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/04/29 06:53:23 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |