I am using Thunderbird 2.x as my client, Dovecot on the server (POP3 not IMAP). Currently I have in my conf file: protocols = pop3s pop3 ssl_disable = no ssl_cert_file = /usr/share/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key_file = /usr/share/ssl/private/dovecot.pem ssl_parameters_file = /var/run/dovecot/ssl-parameters.dat disable_plaintext_auth = yes login = pop3 In Thunderbird, I have the email server setup to: - Port 110 - TLS Here's my question: If I change protocols = pop3s pop3 to protocols = pop3s I can no longer connect to my mail server via Thunderbird unless I setup Thunderbird to use SSL. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks, John
On Feb 22, 2009, at 2:52 AM, John Espiro wrote:> In Thunderbird, I have the email server setup to: > - Port 110 > - TLS > > Here's my question: > > If I change protocols = pop3s pop3 to protocols = pop3s I can no > longer connect to my mail server via Thunderbird unless I setup > Thunderbird to use SSL. > > Am I doing something wrong?Everything is working then as it should, so I guess you're confused about what TLS, SSL and pop3s means. Maybe http://wiki.dovecot.org/SSL helps understanding them (just replace imap/imaps with pop3/pop3s).