https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64098

--- Comment #4 from Marc <[email protected]> ---
(In reply to comment #3)
> Note... If you change the port from 465 to 587 it works fine...
> 
> Gilles.

NO. While this may work  with gmail, which I believe supports both SSL on port
465 and TLS on port 587, I strongly disagree with this answer as a general
workaround.  LibreOffice/Writer should be able to establish an SSL (and TLS, if
LibreOffice/Writer also wants to claim that TLS is supported,) connection on
ANY port. AFAIK port numbers and their assignment/usage is only done as a
convention, there is no mandatory standard. The mail server can establish an
SSL or TLS  connection on any port of it's choosing, and I know some servers
choose unusual ports in order to avoid robo attacks. Client applications must
then conform to whatever port their server wants to use. Port 465 is the usual
port on which SSL connections are made, and port 587 is the usual port on which
TLS connections are made. LibreOffice/Writer purports to support SSL
connections (which is a subset of the TLS protocol) and their setup dialog ONLY
mentions SSL, not TLS. Therefore Port 465, as well as any other port number,
should be supported.

Changing the port number to 587 is NOT an acceptable workaround, as most users
have no control over what port their email server wants to use to establish an
SSL or TLS connection.

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