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

[Wojciech Polak]

On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 11:08:23 +0100 Simon Josefsson wrote:

> > > 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.

> imap4d doesn't seem to advertise STARTTLS unless the cert/key is
> specified:

Yeap. It's okay. But you asked about a client program
(see top of the message). Summary:

 1) Server program requires private key/certificate.
 2) Client program doesn't require private key/certificate.

Kind regards,
Wojciech Polak