Jon wrote: > I'm attempting to use stunnel between pop3s and pop3 to secure mail > traffic sent to a proprietary mail daemon that doesn't know pop3s. > > When running stunnel3 -c -d pop3s -r 127.0.0.1:110 -f then connecting > with Thunderbird once the exact output is: > > 2008.02.19 12:49:43 LOG5[29282:3086603968]: stunnel 4.21 on > i686-pc-linux-gnu with OpenSSL 0.9.8b 04 May 2006 > 2008.02.19 12:49:43 LOG5[29282:3086603968]: Threading:PTHREAD > SSL:ENGINE Sockets:POLL,IPv6 Auth:LIBWRAP > 2008.02.19 12:49:43 LOG5[29282:3086603968]: 500 clients allowed > 2008.02.19 12:50:03 LOG5[29282:3086601104]: stunnel3 accepted > connection from 10.1.1.126:38782 > 2008.02.19 12:50:03 LOG5[29282:3086601104]: stunnel3 connected remote > server from 127.0.0.1:45209 > 2008.02.19 12:50:03 LOG3[29282:3086601104]: SSL_connect: 1408F10B: > error:1408F10B:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_RECORD:wrong version number > 2008.02.19 12:50:03 LOG5[29282:3086601104]: Connection reset: 0 bytes > sent to SSL, 0 bytes sent to socket > > > Thunderbird hangs on "Connected to". > This error message would typically be seen when talking plain POP3 with a POP3S server. There are two ways to communicate via POP3 with SSL/TLS: use plain POP3 and issue "STLS" as first plaintext command to "Start TLS" mode or use POP3S on a special port (995) where the SSL handshake takes place first.
Best regards, Lutz ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]