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From: Michael Orlitzky <mjo@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Technical imap mail question
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 18:01:03
Message-Id: 561FE9AB.4090506@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Technical imap mail question by walt
1 On 10/15/2015 01:04 PM, walt wrote:
2 > My ISP recently started offering imap email service in addition to
3 > the pop3/smtp servers they've always had, so I decided to try it.
4 >
5 > I was surprised to see that they recommend using a different smtp
6 > server name when setting up my mail client, and they even offer the
7 > option of using port 587 instead of 465 if I prefer it.
8 >
9 > ...
10 >
11 > (The different server names actually resolve to the same IP address, so
12 > the distinction seems to be more theoretical than real, but the theory
13 > is what puzzles me.)
14 >
15
16 Port 587 offers optional TLS security, and it uses an "SSL certificate"
17 just like a website. And just like a website, there's a name on the
18 certificate, and that name has to match what you type in the "SMTP
19 server" box, otherwise your mail client will throw a warning.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Technical imap mail question Bill Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au>