[GRLUG] Evolution NO TLS?

Adam Tauno Williams awilliam at whitemice.org
Mon Jul 29 17:43:41 EDT 2013


On Mon, 2013-07-29 at 12:35 -0500, L. V. Lammert wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Jul 2013, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 2013-07-29 at 12:05 -0500, L. V. Lammert wrote:
> > > On Mon, 29 Jul 2013, Mark Farver wrote:
> > > > Other option is do a wireshark capture of evolution trying to connect.
> > > I'd throw it out and switch to Thunderbird before doing that, .. even if
> > > I knew what was going on, it does not appear that Evolution is capable of
> > > using our internal server.
> >
> > No.  It connects to a myriad SMTP & IMAP servers without issue.  You
> > haven't provided anything that indicates a bug.
> >
> That may be true, but we have not heard from anyone successfully using
> Evolution without SMTP encryption, ..

I just tested it, it works.

Sending Email:
  Server: 10.66.1.2 Port: 25
  Encryption method: No encryption

Sent.  No errors, no restart required.


Jul 29 17:39:46 server01 postfix/smtpd[13341]: 0A9A27C34:
client=unknown[10.66.1.130]
Jul 29 17:39:46 server01 postfix/cleanup[13345]: 0A9A27C34:
message-id=<1375133985.2741.2.camel at linux-22wg.site>
Jul 29 17:39:46 server01 postfix/qmgr[13334]: 0A9A27C34:
from=<awilliam at whitemice.org>, size=521, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Jul 29 17:39:46 server01 postfix/smtpd[13341]: disconnect from
unknown[10.66.1.130]

> Besides, with encryption turned OFF, the appearance of a "Cannot STARTTLS"
> would certainly seem like a problem.





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