From: Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>
Subject: Re: imaps, and .authinfo port name/number?
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 23:09:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <iluacwy21a0.fsf@latte.josefsson.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87r7qbhuam.fsf@dod.no>
Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no> writes:
>>>>>> Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>:
>
>> Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no> writes:
>>> What port name, or number should I use in the .authinfo file, for an
>>> imaps server?
>>>
>>> I have the following in gnus-secondary-select-methods:
>>> (nnimap "somemachine"
>>> (nnimap-address "somemachine.somecompany.com")
>>> (nnimap-stream ssl))
>>>
>
>>> I have tried
>>> machine somemachine.somecompany.com login sb password secret port 993
>>> and I have tried
>>> machine somemachine.somecompany.com login sb password secret port imaps
>
>> "port imap"?
>
> Huh? That's the same as "port 143", innit? But it did indeed
> work... why?
The magic translation "SSL means port 993" happen inside imap.el, so
the netrc code in nnimap.el believe it will be using port 143. I
suppose this isn't ideal, but changing things will likely be backwards
incompatible. And as IMAPS is supposed to go away, I'd argue that the
Right Thing here is to use STARTTLS instead of IMAPS.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-08-13 21:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-08-12 19:45 Steinar Bang
2004-08-13 6:35 ` Simon Josefsson
2004-08-13 16:33 ` Steinar Bang
2004-08-13 21:09 ` Simon Josefsson [this message]
2004-08-14 20:12 ` Steinar Bang
2004-08-14 22:39 ` Simon Josefsson
2004-08-16 17:43 ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-08-16 21:36 ` Simon Josefsson
2004-08-17 14:05 ` Ted Zlatanov
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