Re: How to access remote POP3S mailbox and check for new emails - usage of STARTLS/SSL?

Charles Cazabon <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.mail.getmail.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Ben <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Is getmail capable to establish a connection through STARTLS/SSL or only
> non-ecrypted connections?

getmail supports POP3 and IMAP4 over SSL.  The documentation is very clear on
how to connect to SSL-enabled servers.

getmail does not support transition to encrypted mode after starting with an
unencrypted connection, i.e. it does not do STARTTLS.

Charles
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