That's a bit more complicated.
ssl:// = client uses a dedicated port for these connections and directly
start talking encrypted to the server (negotiate encryption ciphers)
tls:// (in fact, it's not tls by itself, but STARTTLS) = client uses the
regular unencrypted port, start talking in pla
On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 9:08 PM, Zhang Huangbin wrote:
> > (2) Would/can you ever use tls:// with IMAP? In which cases?
> > (3) Why would SMTP fail with ssl://?
>
> Do your SMTP and IMAP servers support them?
I'm using Dovecot and Postfix. Postfix seems to support TLS and Dovecot
SSL, but not v
> (2) Would/can you ever use tls:// with IMAP? In which cases?
> (3) Why would SMTP fail with ssl://?
Do your SMTP and IMAP servers support them?
Zhang Huangbin, founder of iRedMail project: http://www.iredmail.org/
Time zone: GMT+8 (China/Beijing).
For my configuration to work, I have to use ssl:// for IMAP and tls:// for
SMTP:
$config['default_host'] = 'ssl://shrub.ca';
$config['default_port'] = 993;
$config['smtp_server'] = 'tls://shrub.ca';
$config['smtp_port'] = 587;
(1) Why is that?
(2) Would/can you ever use tls:// with IMAP? In whi