[bug-mailutils] Re: [PATCH] starttls fix

[Wojciech Polak]

On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 23:56:48 +0100 Simon Josefsson wrote:

> > > Btw, it would be useful if STARTTLS was enabled even if the CA cert
> > > was not specified.  Clients may trust a server cert directly.
> >
> > Do you mean "trusted CAs file", i.e. --ssl-cafile ?
> > If so, then it's not required.
> 
> You are right, I must have made some error during testing.  Still,
> enabling starttls when there is no client private key and cert would
> be useful too.

Who says that we require a private key or a certificate in a client
program? gnu-imap4d and gnu-pop3d are servers, not clients. You can
connect to them with any IMAP/POP3 client, without specifying any
private key or a certificate in your client. Try fetchmail as a test.

Kind regards,
Wojciech Polak