Hi Helmut:

Am 11.02.17 16:46 schrieb(en) Helmut Jarausch:
having used the GIT version of Balsa for a long time, I now had to step down to 
version 2.5.3 because I couldn't send any email any more.
I always got the error message "server doesn't support STARTTLS" (or similar).
Is there any configuration option to disable STARTTLS?

This is probably caused by a recent big change I submitted, eliminating the dependency 
against the (apparently dead) libesmtp library [1].  As I re-arranged the security 
options, any smtp setting now defaults to "starttls" [2] which is fine for most 
ISP connections, but not required you you run a MTA (like postfix) locally.

To change it, from the menu select "Balsa" → "Preferences", and in the dialogue "Mail options".  Then, in the 
"Outgoing mail servers" section choose the broken server and click "Modify".  As option for "Security" select 
"None".

NB:  You should choose this option *only* if you connect to localhost or 
through a properly secured network.  Otherwise, an attacker might trivially 
sniff your authentication data!

Hope this helps,
Albrecht.

[1] <https://mail.gnome.org/archives/balsa-list/2017-February/msg00000.html>
[2] <https://mail.gnome.org/archives/balsa-list/2017-February/msg00003.html>

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