[solved] managesieve configuration

Dominik Menke dom at digineo.de
Mon Jan 14 12:40:15 EET 2019


On 1/14/19 11:02 AM, Stephan Bosch wrote:
> Op 14-1-2019 om 9:58 schreef Dominik Menke:
>> On 1/13/19 12:23 PM, Stephan Bosch wrote:
>>> With ssl=yes, the TLS layer is enabled immediately on the connection. 
>>
>>
>> Again, that's not what the documentation says:
>>
>>     ssl=yes [...]: SSL/TLS is offered to the client, but the client
>>     isn't required to use it.
>>
>> If the client is not _required_ to use it, it _may_ chose plaintext 
>> transport, no?
>>
>> (I'm not here to argue, I'm just pointing out an issue with the wiki).
> 
> Oh, I think we are talking about different things here. You're talking 
> about the global ssl= setting. I am talking about the ssl = yes inside 
> the service listener configuration 
> (https://wiki.dovecot.org/Services#inet_listeners). The former specifies 
> whether SSL is available/required for user connections in general, 
> whereas the latter specifies whether the service activates the TLS layer 
> immediately for that particular listener. The latter is also where you 
> made the configuration mistake.
> 

Oh, I see! Thanks for the clarification :-)
--Dominik


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