On lun., 2010-11-22 at 11:47 -0500, Matthew Barnes wrote: > > Use secure connection: SSL encryption > TLS encryption > No encryption > > But the backends that offer those choices all have a very different > interpretation of them: > > Use secure connection: Always > When Possible > Never > > First of all, why the disparity between the combo box label (first set) > and the actual meaning (second set)? I've never understood why I need > to choose between SSL and TLS encryption in the first place. Changing > these combo box labels to match their actual meaning strikes me as an > obvious improvement to help clarify things, or am I missing something > that's supposed to be implied by choosing between SSL and TLS? As I understood it, SSL meant a tunneled connection over SSL/TLS, using the relevant port (995/pops, 993/imaps, 465/smtps, 636/ldaps). TLS means STARTTLS over a normal connection, so usually using the standard port (110/143/25/389). It's still quite confusing, especially since SSL is called TLS now since quite some time. Cheers, -- Yves-Alexis
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