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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > tails-support mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-support > To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to > [email protected]. > _______________________________________________ tails-support mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-support To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to [email protected].
