From c3c106aceaf735c80d71b8bfc1c9927d39ed587e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Andree Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 01:50:47 +0200 Subject: Detect/report server hang-up in SSL_connect(). This condition does not leave traces in the SSL error queue, and must be checked explicitly. Result from debugging Jerry Seibert's issue with outlook.com/pop3.live.com. --- NEWS | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 8911d990..905c2566 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -81,10 +81,13 @@ fetchmail-6.4.0 (not yet released): tls1.2+ (case insensitively). ## CHANGES +* fetchmail 6.3.X is unsupported. * Fetchmail now supports --sslproto auto and --sslproto tls1+ (same as ssl23). * --sslproto tls1.1+ and tls1.2+ are now supported for auto-negotiation with a minimum specified TLS protocol version. -* fetchmail 6.3.X is unsupported. +* Fetchmail now detects if the server hangs up prematurely during SSL_connect() + and reports this condition as such, and not just as SSL connection failure. + (OpenSSL 1.0.2 reported incompatible with pop3.live.com by Jerry Seibert). ## FIXES * Fix a typo in the FAQ. Submitted by David Lawyer, Debian Bug#706776. -- cgit v1.2.3