From: Michael Orlitzky <mjo@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Technical imap mail question
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 14:00:11 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <561FE9AB.4090506@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20151015100422.55984dd8@a6>
On 10/15/2015 01:04 PM, walt wrote:
> My ISP recently started offering imap email service in addition to
> the pop3/smtp servers they've always had, so I decided to try it.
>
> I was surprised to see that they recommend using a different smtp
> server name when setting up my mail client, and they even offer the
> option of using port 587 instead of 465 if I prefer it.
>
> ...
>
> (The different server names actually resolve to the same IP address, so
> the distinction seems to be more theoretical than real, but the theory
> is what puzzles me.)
>
Port 587 offers optional TLS security, and it uses an "SSL certificate"
just like a website. And just like a website, there's a name on the
certificate, and that name has to match what you type in the "SMTP
server" box, otherwise your mail client will throw a warning.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-10-15 18:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-10-15 17:04 [gentoo-user] Technical imap mail question walt
2015-10-15 17:55 ` Alan McKinnon
2015-10-15 17:59 ` J. Roeleveld
2015-10-15 18:00 ` Michael Orlitzky [this message]
2015-10-15 22:01 ` Bill Kenworthy
2015-10-15 22:01 ` Mick
2015-10-16 2:29 ` Terry Z.
2015-10-16 5:14 ` Tuomo Hartikainen
2015-10-16 11:15 ` Mick
2015-10-16 14:52 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
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