dovecot - Nov 2010 - Testing pop3/imap4 and mdbox corrupted indexes?

I have two questions:

1. What method/tool (other than a MuA) can I use to test my Dovecot setup
from Windows CLI when ssl is enabled?

I have tried connecting to to the pop3/imap4 services from a Windows PC but
here is what I get:

[pop3]
+OK Dovecot-2.0-sis ready.
user wash at domain.co.ke
-ERR Plaintext authentication disallowed on non-secure (SSL/TLS)
connections.

[imap4]
OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE
STARTTLS LOGINDISABLED AUTH=DIGEST-MD5] Dovecot-2.0-sis ready.
 login wash at domain.co.ke S3ecreat
BAD [ALERT] Plaintext authentication not allowed without SSL/TLS, but your
client did it anyway. If anyone was listening, the password was exposed.
NO [PRIVACYREQUIRED] Plaintext authentication disallowed on non-secure
(SSL/TLS) connections.

2. When mdbox indexes are corrupted, are they automatically repaired/rebuilt
or must I specify this in the configuration? How long does it take?

Nov 01 12:08:04 pop3(wash at domain.co.ke): Error: Corrupted dbox file
/var/spool/virtual/domain.co.ke/wash/mdbox/storage/m.1 (around offset=1941):
Ex
t refs metadata corrupted: 3861 783856
75/80/75805ed445f1b8b31508dba8d86280a37a74aec1-fabfb11f9f80654ced090000dcbe1dcb
Nov 01 12:08:04 pop3(wash at domain.co.ke): Error: Corrupted dbox file
/var/spool/virtual/domain.co.ke/wash/mdbox/storage/m.1 (around offset=1941):
ui
d=5 points to broken data at offset=1911
Nov 01 12:08:04 pop3(wash at domain.co.ke): Warning: mdbox /var/spool/virtual/
domain.co.ke/wash/mdbox/storage: rebuilding indexes

When I connect using outlook, I see this on Outlook:

Task 'wash at domain.co.ke - Receiving' reported error (0x800CCC90) :
'Your
incoming (POP3) e-mail server has reported an internal error. If you
continue to receive this message, contact your server administrator or
Internet service provider (ISP). The server responded: -ERR Message 5
expunged.'

This rebuild process seems to be taking too long:)


-- 
Best regards,
Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
Nairobi,KE
+254733744121/+254722743223
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Damn!!