Re: [fetchmail-users] Secure SMTP support?

[Grant E. <gra...@gm...>]

On 2014-04-09, Matthias Andree <mat...@gm...> wrote:
> Am 04.04.2014 18:53, schrieb Grant Edwards:
>
>> In my googling, I didn't find anybody who wanted STARTTLS support,
>> just standard pop3s.  If one were to submit a patch adding support
>> for pop3s, would it be accepted?  [I've learned the hard way to ask
>> before starting work on new features for open-source projects.]
>
> Grant,
>
> For POP3, StartTLS (STLS) is already in place, albeit with an awkward
> unintuitive configuration, because fetchmail 6.x lumps SSL protocol
> selection together with wrapped vs. STARTTLS mode.

Sorry, I started out talking about SMTP and switched to POP3 without
explanation.  I found people asking about POP3 (which as you point out
is already handled) and wrapped SMTP but not STARTTLS.  I somehow
managed to mangle my posting and started typing pop instead of smtp.

> If you were to provide a clean patch for wrapped SSL or STARTTLS for
> (E)SMTP, against the Git master branch, I would definitely look at
> it.

Thanks, I would be interested in working on that.

> We would need to discuss how to select modes and protocols, though.

I have no opinion or preference, so if you would like to suggest
something, that would be great.

> I would rather not add to the proliferation of command line/rcfile
> options if it can be helped.

:)

I've always found fetchmail's configuration syntax confusing, and
every time I set up fetchmail I do it mostly by trail-and-error.  At
first I thought it was just me, then when ESR decided he needed to
write a GUI config file editor I realized it wasn't just me...

> I will not add features to the legacy_63 branch.

No problem.

--
Grant