Ok, dude, that was less than helpful, so perhaps you didn't understand the question or the situation. Let me try to clear it up for you...
Short version: Gmail is the HOST, xmail is the CLIENT. Long version: Gmail requires an SSL connection for POP3 access. Any other mail clients I've used require some special options for connecting to the POP3 server over SSL. Now, I'm not a network engineer or even have any more than a slight idea of how this works, but this tells me that it may be an entirely different communication protocol than just open up a port and start sending commands. Since Xmail is acting in the place of any other mail client (Outlook, Eudora, etc.), I would assume the same options for SSL would apply. Is this true? If this is not the case, do I just specify port 995 as part of the POP3 host address and all is good? Are there any special instructions that I overlooked during setup to retrieve mail from a POP3 host that requires an SSL connection? I don't want to use SSL for what xmail is serving, I need to use SSL to retrieve my external POP3 mail as the host requires it. From the information I got from their website (http://www.stunnel.org), it would appear that I would use stunnel to encrypt the connection between my xmail server and it's clients, not the other way around where xmail is the client and the POP3 host is already encrypted. If this is an incorrect assumption, perhaps someone can trow me a bone and give up a little more information on how to accomplish what I'm trying to do. Thanks, {PA} -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of XTechie Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 12:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [xmail] Re: External POP3 on SSL Duhh... stunnel...? Paul Allen wrote: > I've done it! I have Xmail installed and running wonderfully. I'd like to > set my family up on Gmail accounts, so we don't have to worry about > modifying the pop3 links in the event that we change ISPs. The one problem > that I have is I can't find any documentation regarding external POP3 over > SSL. Is this possible? If so, can someone guide me to where to find it in > the manual or even create a short HOWTO:? > > Thanks > > {PA} > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
