At 4:09 PM -0500 10/27/01, Kim Scarborough wrote: >When I change my config file >to this: > >set tls-support=alternate-port >set tls-server-cert-file=/usr/local/etc/certs/cert.pem > >It still only opens port 110.
Because you're only binding to port 110. Setting 'tls-support' to 'alternate-port' tells Qpopper to insist on an SSL/TLS negotiation as soon as the client connection opens. It does not tell Qpopper to listen on a different port. You tell Qpopper which port to use (in standalone mode) on the command line. >Port 995 is closed. Because Qpopper wasn't told to use it. > Now when I set Eudora to >force stls, it times out. Because the STLS command won't work in 'alternate-port' mode. 'Alternate-port' mode is really an ugly kluge for clients that aren't smart enough to use STLS. >When I set it to force alternate-port, it gets a >refused connection. It would work if you also told it use port 110 for alternate-port, or if you told Qpopper to listen on port 995. >When I set it to unencrypted POP3, it times out. Because Qpopper is in 'alternate-port' mode and is insisting on an SSL/TLS negotiation right off the bat. --
