That method uses the default port 993. Can you connect to that port
at all from your computer? For example, try using a telnet client.
Michael
On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 1:39 AM, Julien <jpha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm able to connect to an Exchange server via SMTP and IMAP from my
> iPhone using SSL and without using a VPN. So I would expect to be able
> to do the same from my computer using Python.
>
> However, the following hangs and times out on my computer when I'm not
> connected to the VPN:
>
>>>> import imaplib
>>>> imap = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL("my.server.address")
>
> If I am connected to the VPN, then it works fine.
>
> Do you know why it won't work with SSL and without the VPN? Am I
> missing something?
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Julien
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