From 2bb68e8cdb22f7dc3c09eded54b4b3c674bcc0dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 06:53:23 +0000 Subject: We now have SSL patches. svn path=/trunk/; revision=2459 --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'fetchmail-FAQ.html') 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 @@
Back to Fetchmail Home Page To Site Map -$Date: 1999/04/05 04:27:59 $ +$Date: 1999/04/29 06:53:23 $

Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail

@@ -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).

+

Option 1:

+ I can therefore safely tell 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:

Now add `plugin ssl_connect' to the server options for your connection.

+

Option 2:

+ +For those in the U.S., there is a set of SSL patches for fetchmail +available from the North +American Cryptographic Archives, 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 straight to +the SSL directory. There you will find patch files against the +fetchmail release sources as well as patched source tarballs.

+ +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.

+ +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.

+

R1. Fetchmail isn't working, and -v shows `SMTP connect failed' messages.

@@ -2303,7 +2327,7 @@ Re-ordering messages is a user-agent function, anyway.

Back to Fetchmail Home Page To Site Map -$Date: 1999/04/05 04:27:59 $ +$Date: 1999/04/29 06:53:23 $

Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
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