Hi Helmut: Am 11.02.17 16:46 schrieb(en) Helmut Jarausch:
having used the GIT version of Balsa for a long time, I now had to step down to version 2.5.3 because I couldn't send any email any more. I always got the error message "server doesn't support STARTTLS" (or similar). Is there any configuration option to disable STARTTLS?
This is probably caused by a recent big change I submitted, eliminating the dependency against the (apparently dead) libesmtp library [1]. As I re-arranged the security options, any smtp setting now defaults to "starttls" [2] which is fine for most ISP connections, but not required you you run a MTA (like postfix) locally. To change it, from the menu select "Balsa" → "Preferences", and in the dialogue "Mail options". Then, in the "Outgoing mail servers" section choose the broken server and click "Modify". As option for "Security" select "None". NB: You should choose this option *only* if you connect to localhost or through a properly secured network. Otherwise, an attacker might trivially sniff your authentication data! Hope this helps, Albrecht. [1] <https://mail.gnome.org/archives/balsa-list/2017-February/msg00000.html> [2] <https://mail.gnome.org/archives/balsa-list/2017-February/msg00003.html>
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