Hello:

Sorry for the delay in answering.

STARTLS is currently the most safe option for our version of Claws Mail.
Tails 1.4 will be based on Debian Jessie and will ship a newer Claws
mail with SSL/TLS capabilities, better than STARTLS

I hope this helps

Shreela Singh:
> Dear Tails support
> 
> Can you help with this issue: when trying to receive e-mail using Claws Mail 
> POP3 client:
> 
> If the mail account is configured to use SSL, I get:
> * Account 'xyz ***': Connecting to POP3 server: mail.TheCompany.com...
> *** SSL handshake failed
> *** Connection failed.
> 
> If the mail account is configured to use STARTTLS, then the network log looks 
> ok: 
> [11:22:56] POP3< +OK POP3 ready
> [11:22:56] POP3> STLS
> [11:22:56] POP3< +OK
> [11:22:57] POP3> USER [email protected]
> [11:22:58] POP3< +OK
> [11:22:58] POP3> PASS ********
> [11:22:58] POP3< +OK Logged in.
> [11:22:58] POP3> STAT
> [11:22:58] POP3< +OK 2 5181
> [11:22:58] POP3> UIDL
> [11:22:59] POP3< +OK
> [11:22:59] POP3> QUIT
> [11:22:59] POP3< +OK Logging out.
> 
> But in parallel, from the security daemon I am getting the message:
> 
> "One of your applications (probably an email client) appears to be making a 
> potentially unencrypted and unsafe connection to port 110. Use encrypted 
> protocols, such as SSL".
> 
> Why does the SSL handshake fail, in the first try above? 
> Does this mean that the communication with "TheCompany.com" server is not 
> encrypted?
> 
> Many thanks in advance
> 
> Shreela
> 
> 
> 
> 
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