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. -- dwmw2 _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
