On 26 May 2026, at 15:14, Tracy wrote:
hello again. Yes I did quit the list, but signed back up because I
found the issue and did not want to leave the issue hanging.
This took me forever to figure out, but setting up IMAP on port 993
with TLS/SSL will continually drop the connection, if it ever connects
in the first place. DH (Dreamhost) uses STARTTLS, and setting the
port to 993 forces the client to start connecting in encrypted mode.
So to begin a connection one needs to choose port 143 instead. That
will instigate a negotiation through to STARTTLS, as the DH wiki
notes. The DH main email documentation says that the correct setting
is 993. That setting will FAIL . For email to connect the correct
setting is incoming IMAP on port 143 with Use TLS/SSL checked.
Just FYI.
Thanks again for all the help.
Tracy_______________________________________________
When you were using port 993 with TLS and it kept disconnecting, did
MailMate ever download any mail?
--Randall
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