https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64098
--- Comment #11 from Marc <[email protected]> --- (In reply to comment #9) > So from the above comments, SSL connections appear to work on ports 25 and > 587, but not on port 465, is that it ? In which case, I guess we should > correct the title of the report. > > > Alex Alex - I am not sure that changing the title of this report is a good idea. AFAIK mail servers are only required to honor a particular protocol IF AND ONLY IF the client application connects to that mail server on the port to which it is configure to use that protocol on. I know this is the way my Apache James email server works. I suspect that LibreOffice is quite capable of supporting both TLS and open connections but is not properly handling SSL connections. I strongly suspect that when people are connecting to a mail server on port 25 they are giving up the encryption feature of SSL and communicating with their mail server in open/plain text. That is NOT what the expected behavior for SSL communication is and while it may appear to be working by using another port, IT IS NOT! Using port 587 probably switches the client over to using TLS, not a bad alternative if you want encryption, BUT it will only work if the mail server supports TLS. I choose SSL because it is slightly more secure than TLS because the HELO message is not sent in plain text as it is via TLS. TLS is more flexible than SSL in some respects, but remember these are two very different protocols, and if LibreOffice is going to claim that it supports both, which it should, then it is imperative that SSL connections be supported and work properly. Do not think that just because people can get a mail merge connection working, by using alternate ports, that this is an adequate workaround, IT IS NOT! I as a user have good reason to want and expect an encrypted channel, between LibreOffice and my mail server to work properly. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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