Re: PATCH: Basic IMAPS support

[Carlos Morgado <chbm chbm nu>]

On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 10:50:22PM -0700, Manuel McLure wrote:
> The following patch adds basic IMAPS support to Balsa. I call it "basic"
> because there is no certificate checking going on - however the connection
> is encrypted.
> 
dude! i've been just merging you're previous patch with my current ssl
stuff. it *almost* works now.

i'm hoping to have it all good enough to commit to HEAD tonight, so hold on
till then please ;)
i'll also take this new patch into account.

btw, your stuff overlaped mine pretty nicely.

> At the moment you need to manually set the "Port" field to 993 *and* check
> the "Use secure IMAP" checkbox on the mailbox or folder definition page for
> this to work. I am planning to have the checkbox put the default port
> setting (993 or 143) in the "Port" field when it is set/unset but I have to
> study the GUI aspects a bit longer before I would feel comfortable doing
> this (on the other hand, if someone more GUI-savvy wants to do this for me,
> go ahead!).
> 

note, i'm using "use_ssl" and "SSL" notation instead of secure cause it's
less prone to confusion (TLS, CRAM-MD5 and such)

cheers

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