Re: [Imap-protocol] STARTTLS after PREAUTH
Tony Finch <[email protected]>
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Bron Gondwana <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 19, 2014, at 08:25 AM, Michael M Slusarz wrote: > > > > STARTTLS deprecated the use of port 993, which isn't an official IMAP > > port FWIW. What do you mean by "official"? Have you seen RFC 6186? > > It hasn't really happened, but still is good to avoid and end users > > appreciate it when they don't have to have any knowledge of port > > number. > > I can't understand how STARTTLS ever got floated as an idea. It's > totally insane. Well RFC 2595 gives some reasons... I get the impression that the UTA working group is likely to prefer TLS-on-connect over STARTTLS. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <[email protected]> http://dotat.at/ Wight, Portland: Southwest backing south 4 or 5, occasionally 6. Slight or moderate. Fair. Moderate or good. _______________________________________________ Imap-protocol mailing list [email protected] http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/imap-protocol