A POP3 server I must access regularly is going to require SSL on 10/27.  

Is there a way to tell Balsa (v2.0.15) to make POP3 connections over SSL
(port 995)?

"JD" == Jules Dubois <bogus@invalid.tld>:
JD> A POP3 server I must access regularly is going to require SSL on 10/27.  
JD> 
JD> Is there a way to tell Balsa (v2.0.15) to make POP3 connections over SSL
JD> (port 995)?

Balsa doesn't have native support for SSL connections (yet), but you
can use 'stunnel' instead: it will start a (regular) POP3 daemon on
you _local_ machine, which will communicate with the remote POP3 server
over SSL. 

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On 20 Oct 2003 12:27:29 -0000, in article
<9QYCE7T937914.3524189815@anonymous>, Anonymous wrote:

> "JD" == Jules Dubois <bogus@invalid.tld>:
> JD> Is there a way to tell Balsa (v2.0.15) to make POP3 connections over SSL
> JD> (port 995)?
> 
> Balsa doesn't have native support for SSL connections (yet), but you
> can use 'stunnel' instead: it will start a (regular) POP3 daemon on
> you _local_ machine, which will communicate with the remote POP3 server
> over SSL. 

I did some web searching; many sites have instructions for some version of
stunnel I didn't have, but the stunnel.org site provided me with clue.  

For the (Google) record, I:

* installed stunnel4

* edited /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf

    # Use it for client mode
    client = yes
    
    # Service-level configuration
    [pop3s]
    accept  = localhost:45001
    connect = mail.unm.edu:995

* configured "Server" under Balsa's "Remote Mailbox Server"

    localhost:45001

Now I've got an SSL connection from my non-SSL Balsa client to my SSL POP3
server.

Thank you, O Anonymous One.

-- 
"[O]bviously Linux owes its heritage to Unix, but not its code.
 We would not, nor will not, make such a claim."
-- Darl McBride.  CEO, The SCO Group.  August 2002.

"JD" == Jules Dubois <bogus@invalid.tld>:
JD> <9QYCE7T937914.3524189815@anonymous>, Anonymous wrote:
JD> > Balsa doesn't have native support for SSL connections (yet), but you
JD> > can use 'stunnel' instead: it will start a (regular) POP3 daemon on
JD> > you _local_ machine, which will communicate with the remote POP3 server
JD> > over SSL. 
JD> 
JD> Now I've got an SSL connection from my non-SSL Balsa client to my SSL POP3
JD> server.
JD> 
JD> Thank you, O Anonymous One.

You are welcome, Jules.

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