"Wilkinson, Alex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Hi all, > > I have recently migrated my mail from courier-imap to dovecot. > In doing so, I finally configured mutt to connect to imaps (SSL). > > In the end I got it all working. I then sat back and thought: > "I kinda don't understand the SSL/TLS part even though it works". > And I hate setting stuff up and not truely understanding the > mechanics of it. > > So I started to write about it and am stuck. Can those that > _understand_ mutt+ssl have a read of what I wrote to myself and > give me your $00.02 worth (corrections etc). > > Trying to explain mutt+ssl and getting it all wrong > --------------------------------------------------- >
Wikipedia has a decent right-up on how SSL works: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ssl -ryan
