Re: IMAPS vs IMAP/TLS

From: Carlos Morgado <chbm chbm nu>
To: balsa-list gnome org
Subject: Re: IMAPS vs IMAP/TLS
Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 15:11:30 +0100

On 2003.05.16 15:01:28 +0100 Peter Bloomfield wrote:
> I use an IMAP server that offers both IMAPS and STARTTLS over IMAP.  Is 
> there a reason to prefer one over the other?
> 

the net result is the same :)
the only thing i can think of offhand is with STARTTLS the server might
more relaxed in regard to auth methods as sometimes the server is running
behind an ssl wrapper but isn't aware of it.

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References:
- IMAPS vs IMAP/TLS
  - From: Peter Bloomfield

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