Hi I want to use pop3 with ssl and outlook email clients. but everyting seems to fail First of all I compiled the newest version of openssl version openssl-0.9.6 then I compiled the latest version of UWimap with ssl support. make options "make lnp SPECIALAUTHENTICATORS=ssl" and in the make file the switch SSLTYPE=unix like they discribe in the in theire document on http://www.washington.edu/imap/documentation/SSLBUILD.html In my /etc/inetd.conf I have added the pop3, spop3, imap and imaps entry's like in the document on http://www.washington.edu/imap/documentation/SSLBUILD.html pop-2 stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/sbin/ipop2d ipop2d pop-3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/sbin/ipop3d ipop3d imap stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/sbin/imapd imapd pop3s stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/sbin/ipop3d ipop3d imaps stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/sbin/imapd imapd Then I created the certificates. /usr/local/ssl/bin/openssl req -new -x509 -nodes -days 356 -out imapd.pem Using configuration from /usr/local/ssl/openssl.cnf Generating a 1024 bit RSA private key ...................++++++ .........................................++++++ writing new private key to 'privkey.pem' ----- You are about to be asked to enter information that will be incorporated into your certificate request. What you are about to enter is what is called a Distinguished Name or a DN. There are quite a few fields but you can leave some blank For some fields there will be a default value, If you enter '.', the field will be left blank. ----- Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]:NL State or Province Name (full name) [Some-State]:Zeeland Locality Name (eg, city) []:Breskens Organization Name (eg, company) [Internet Widgits Pty Ltd]:ekky.org Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:ekky.org Common Name (eg, YOUR name) []:grumpy.ekky.org Email Address []:[EMAIL PROTECTED] When I restart inet everything looks pretty good :-) When I use netscape with imaps in Linux connect to my mailserver everything works fine even outlook express and outlook 97 work fine with imaps. When I try to fetch my email using pop3s (using ssl), then the first time everytinhg goes very well, but then outlook will hang and he will not do it again. A output of tcpdump: [first time with succes] # tcpdump port 995 tcpdump: listening on eth0 18:27:43.644817 pc11.ekky.org.1056 > grumpy.ekky.org.pop3s: R 981975:981975(0) win 0 (DF) 18:27:53.785761 pc11.ekky.org.nim > grumpy.ekky.org.pop3s: S 7721675:7721675(0) win 8192 <mss 1460,nop,nop,sackOK> (DF) 18:27:53.785872 grumpy.ekky.org.pop3s > pc11.ekky.org.nim: S 3636984806:3636984806(0) ack 7721676 win 5840 <mss 1460,nop,nop,sackOK> (DF) 18:27:53.792153 pc11.ekky.org.nim > grumpy.ekky.org.pop3s: . ack 1 win 8760 (DF) 18:27:55.328346 pc11.ekky.org.nim > grumpy.ekky.org.pop3s: P 1:100(99) ack 1 win 8760 (DF) 18:27:55.328465 grumpy.ekky.org.pop3s > pc11.ekky.org.nim: . ack 100 win 5840 (DF) 18:27:55.333466 grumpy.ekky.org.pop3s > pc11.ekky.org.nim: P 1:1013(1012) ack 100 win 5840 (DF) 18:27:55.392417 pc11.ekky.org.nim > grumpy.ekky.org.pop3s: P 100:282(182) ack 1013 win 7748 (DF) 18:27:55.430048 grumpy.ekky.org.pop3s > pc11.ekky.org.nim: . ack 282 win 6432 (DF) 18:27:55.453163 grumpy.ekky.org.pop3s > pc11.ekky.org.nim: P 1013:1056(43) ack 282 win 6432 (DF) 18:27:55.750058 grumpy.ekky.org.pop3s > pc11.ekky.org.nim: P 1013:1056(43) ack 282 win 6432 (DF) 18:27:55.751789 pc11.ekky.org.nim > grumpy.ekky.org.pop3s: . ack 1056 win 7705 (DF) 18:27:55.751888 grumpy.ekky.org.pop3s > pc11.ekky.org.nim: P 1056:1125(69) ack 282 win 6432 (DF) 18:27:55.795765 pc11.ekky.org.nim > grumpy.ekky.org.pop3s: P 282:314(32) ack 1125 win 7636 (DF) 18:27:55.795844 grumpy.ekky.org.pop3s > pc11.ekky.org.nim: . ack 314 win 6432 (DF) 18:27:55.796735 grumpy.ekky.org.pop3s > pc11.ekky.org.nim: P 1125:1187(62) ack 314 win 6432 (DF) 18:27:55.833336 pc11.ekky.org.nim > grumpy.ekky.org.pop3s: P 314:349(35) ack 1187 win 7574 (DF) 18:27:55.870065 grumpy.ekky.org.pop3s > pc11.ekky.org.nim: . ack 349 win 6432 (DF) 18:27:55.910926 grumpy.ekky.org.pop3s > pc11.ekky.org.nim: P 1187:1238(51) ack 349 win 6432 (DF) 18:27:55.937371 pc11.ekky.org.nim > grumpy.ekky.org.pop3s: P 349:376(27) ack 1238 win 7523 (DF) 18:27:55.937476 grumpy.ekky.org.pop3s > pc11.ekky.org.nim: . ack 376 win 6432 (DF) 18:27:55.938389 grumpy.ekky.org.pop3s > pc11.ekky.org.nim: P 1238:1268(30) ack 376 win 6432 (DF) 18:27:55.957220 pc11.ekky.org.nim > grumpy.ekky.org.pop3s: P 376:403(27) ack 1268 win 7493 (DF) 18:27:55.959466 grumpy.ekky.org.pop3s > pc11.ekky.org.nim: P 1268:1303(35) ack 403 win 6432 (DF) 18:27:55.960692 grumpy.ekky.org.pop3s > pc11.ekky.org.nim: F 1303:1303(0) ack 403 win 6432 (DF) 18:27:55.963225 pc11.ekky.org.nim > grumpy.ekky.org.pop3s: . ack 1304 win 7458 (DF) 18:27:55.968414 pc11.ekky.org.nim > grumpy.ekky.org.pop3s: F 403:403(0) ack 1304 win 7458 (DF) 18:27:55.968488 grumpy.ekky.org.pop3s > pc11.ekky.org.nim: . ack 404 win 6432 (DF) [second time when outlook fails] 18:30:03.649028 pc11.ekky.org.1060 > grumpy.ekky.org.pop3s: S 7793917:7793917(0) win 8192 <mss 1460,nop,nop,sackOK> (DF) 18:30:03.649137 grumpy.ekky.org.pop3s > pc11.ekky.org.1060: S 3753727654:3753727654(0) ack 7793918 win 5840 <mss 1460,nop,nop,sackOK> (DF) 18:30:03.653529 pc11.ekky.org.1060 > grumpy.ekky.org.pop3s: . ack 1 win 8760 (DF) 18:30:03.663379 pc11.ekky.org.1060 > grumpy.ekky.org.pop3s: P 1:97(96) ack 1 win 8760 (DF) 18:30:03.663480 grumpy.ekky.org.pop3s > pc11.ekky.org.1060: . ack 97 win 5840 (DF) 18:30:03.704432 grumpy.ekky.org.pop3s > pc11.ekky.org.1060: P 1:1013(1012) ack 97 win 5840 (DF) 18:30:03.933250 pc11.ekky.org.1060 > grumpy.ekky.org.pop3s: . ack 1013 win 7748 (DF) So can somebody please tell me what I'm doing wrong thanks Piet. ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]