Re: [Evolution] problems with imap ssl

[David Woodhouse <dwmw2 infradead org>]

On Tue, 2003-07-22 at 11:15, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> > > 3. try using 'ssl always'.
> >
> > This appears to work.  Why wouldn't 'whenever possible' work? 
>
> 'whenever possible' only works for servers that are on the standard port
> that support the STARTTLS extension. ie, it only attempts 1 connection.
> 'always' will attempt up to 2 connections to find a port with SSL
> support, either via the high ssl port (ie, server is running under
> sslwrap) or STARTTLS.

This is a UI/usability problem. 

The option 'whenever possible' implies that it'll use SSL if it's at all
possible. If there's a server listening on port 993 and we don't use it
-- that's not really expected behaviour.

The options 'whenever possible' and 'ssl always' shouldn't differ in how
they try to _find_ an SSL-capable server; they should only change the
behaviour if we don't _find_ one.

We should either change the behaviour so they match -- i.e. make the
'whenever possible' method check port 993 too -- or rename the options.

If the latter, perhaps we can call it 'upgrade if possible' instead of
'whenever possible' but I prefer the former option of always trying port
993.

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dwmw2