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On Thu, 2 Apr 2015 03:52:40 -0400 "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> On Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 08:19:45PM +0300, Gevisz wrote |
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> > So, I am using Claws Mail that downloads e-mails from several |
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> > google mail accounts (all are mine :) and about once or twice |
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> > in a month get into the situation when Claws asks me to verify |
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> > and change the google certificates, first in one direction and |
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> > soon after that (usually during the next downloading of my e-mails) |
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> > - in another. |
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> > The situation is illustrated by the 2 message screenshots that are |
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> > attached to this e-mail. |
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> > The strange thing for me is that, first, the Claws asks me to verify |
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> > and accept a newer certificate complaing that the old one is in some |
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> > aspect "bad", and soon after that it complains about a newer |
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> > certificate and asks me to verify and and accept the older one. |
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> > I suspect that it is google that makes something wrong here. |
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> > What do you think? |
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> The same question came up on the local linux user group here in |
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> Toronto. Apparently "pop.gnail.com" is actually 2 servers... |
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> [d531][waltdnes][~] nslookup pop.gmail.com |
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> Server: 206.248.154.170 |
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> Address: 206.248.154.170#53 |
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> Non-authoritative answer: |
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> pop.gmail.com canonical name = gmail-pop.l.google.com. |
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> Name: gmail-pop.l.google.com |
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> Address: 173.194.192.108 |
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> Name: gmail-pop.l.google.com |
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> Address: 173.194.192.109 |
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> The 2 servers probably have different certificates, which is why you |
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> get this behaviour. I suggest going into "apk mode" and putting an |
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> entry into your hosts file <G>, like... |
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> 173.194.192.108 pop.gmail.com |
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> This will force your system to always use the same server, and avoid |
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> the re-validation every time you hit the other server from the one you |
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> used the previous time. |
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Thank you for your advice. Added that line to my /etc/hosts file. |
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After that Claws asked to verify the google certificate once again, |
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but I hope that that was the last time this month and that that madness |
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with google certificates finally ends. (Because in the last 2 days this |
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situation repeated at least 20 or more times.) |
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