------------ Original Message ------------ > Date: Monday, September 22, 2014 06:51:48 +1000 > From: Voytek <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [k-9-mail] Can no longer send emails on K9 > > > On 22 September 2014 1:18:52 am AEST, Richard wrote: >> > >> >> By the way, you might want to check to see if they support >> Pop3s/995 and Imaps/993 as straight Pop3/110 Imap/143 are not >> encrypted data streams. [hint -- you might want to look for a >> more technically astute provider.] > > Doesn't STARTTLS on 143/110 (with appropriate server config) give > encrypted data stream? >
Technically yes -- but the key part is *with appropriate server config*. Since you probably don't know the server configuration the client needs to be set to "STARTTLS - always", rather than an "if available" option, so that it won't connect if STARTTLS isn't supported. It looks like K-9 has recently removed the "starttls - if available" setting option (from both imap and pop). It's still showing in documentation from June, but isn't an option in the 5.000 RC1 client, which is good. [I wonder what it did on a client upgrade where the setting had been "if available".] So, K-9 has forced the issue, but many clients still have a "STARTTLS - if available" option, which leaves your encryption at the mercy of the server configuration. [and I don't think I'd trust a site that doesn't seem to require authentication to send to have STARTTLS configured correctly.] - Richard -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the K-9 Mail Users List. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, email [email protected] To report an issue with K-9 Mail, visit http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/issues/list For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/k-9-mail --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "K-9 Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
