Re: [mpop-users] getting started

[dwh@...60... (Dave Hamaker)]

Hi Martin,

That got me unstuck!

Thanks,
-Dave


>Hi Dave!
>
>On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 17:09:14 -0800 (PST), Dave Hamaker wrote:
>> E:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop>mpop --serverinfo
>> --host=pop.zoho.com --port=995 --tls --tls-certcheck=off mpop:
>> network read error: timeout
>
>You need --tls-starttls=off. (This also automatically sets port=995;
>you almost never need to set the port yourself).
>
>Explanation:
>
>TLS can be started from within an active POP3 session using a STARTTLS
>command (starttls=on; the default), or at the beginning of a connection
>before a POP3 session is initialized (starttls=off).
>
>In the first case, mpop awaits an initial message from the server, then
>initializes the POP3 session, then starts TLS. Since all this is done
>inside a POP3 session, the default port of 110 for POP3 is used.
>
>In the second case, mpop has to send an initial message to start TLS
>first, and once TLS is established, the server will send its initial
>POP3 message. Since this is different from a pure POP3 session, it
>needs a different port: 995.
>
>So if you have starttls=on on port 995, then mpop will wait for an
>initial POP3 message, while the server will wait for initialization of
>TLS -- the result is a timeout.
>
>Regards,
>Martin
>
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