Re: [Evolution] Postfix TLS and Evolution

[Parthasarathi Susarla <sparthasarathi novell com>]

On Tue, 2005-12-13 at 08:20 +0000, Pete Biggs wrote:
> > I have set up a mail account and wish to send outgoing mails via a TLS 
> > secured Postfix server.
> >
> > My setup for outgoing mail server in Evolution is :
> >
> > Server type :     SMTP
> > Server :             myserver.com:20025
> > Server requires authentication : yes
> > Use secure connection : always
>
> I think you need to set that to 'whenever possible' - that is the magic
> incantation to setup the TLS dialogue. Setting it to 'always' is an
> SMPTS connection.  (Although I might be wrong on that - blame a failing
> memory, too early in morning, and a small child :-)
Yeah its right :) 
Although i agree, the options are way too vague, and i am trying real
hard to get the sorted out for the coming release.


Cheers,
partha