I asked this - seemingly simple - question of my server provider... >I'd like to send and receive mail using ssh on my VS account. Can I do >this? When I select "Use SSH" in my mail client (Powermail in this case) >it changes the incoming pop server from port 110 to 995 and the outgoing >smtp from 25 to 465. I then get an error on checking mail. Do I need to >connect using non standard ports, or activate ssh mail some other way
...and received this reply... >When TLS / SSL were only just being used for mail connections, people >decided to follow the approach already taken with HTTP and HTTPS and use >a second port for the service when encryption was in use. > >Since then, upgrade mechanisms have been added to major protocols such as >IMAP, POP, SMTP and HTTP so that a client can migrate from the insecure >version to the secure version without reconnecting. This means that the >double-assignment of ports isn't necessary. > >Your virutal server doesn't support separate secure ports except for >HTTPS, which is very well known as using port 443. For encrypted >connections, you will need to use an email program which can accept a >self-signed certificate and which can upgrade to TLS using the STARTTLS >command. Can I use secure mail with PowerMail and my server? -- david.gordon
