SSL on IMAP/POP3/SMTP (again)
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Re: SSL on IMAP/POP3/SMTP (again)
25-09-2019 4:49 PM
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Hi @kmilburn,
The setup guides have been flagged and are being looked into so that an updated revision can be put in place.
To those in the thread that were wondering about the specific implementation date of this change, I'm afraid that we aren't able to confirm this. I would reassure you in saying that the change is now live and it is a permanent change, meaning it's not just some glitch or short term test that we'll revert in the next couple of weeks.
Re: SSL on IMAP/POP3/SMTP (again)
02-10-2019 2:37 PM
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Re: SSL on IMAP/POP3/SMTP (again)
02-10-2019 2:48 PM
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@matiushu wrote:
Please can somebody post the settings required to set up email using ssl
To receive I use:
Server: mail.plus.net
Port: 995
Connection security: SSL/TLS
Authentication: Normal password
To send I use:
Server: relay.plus.net
Port: 465
Connection security: SSL/TLS
Authentication: Normal password
I also have gmail which is the same apart from the server names.
Re: SSL on IMAP/POP3/SMTP (again)
02-10-2019 4:45 PM
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In another browser tab, login into the Plusnet user portal BEFORE clicking the fault & ticket links
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Re: SSL on IMAP/POP3/SMTP (again)
04-10-2019 1:23 PM
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Re: SSL on IMAP/POP3/SMTP (again)
04-10-2019 1:49 PM
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When I set it up,
587 worked with TLS on old mail client where SSL and TLS can be selected separately, but can only use 465 for SSL
So if its deprecated then I am not sure what we port we can use if its removed in future.
Has anybody got 587 working ?
Maybe Plusnet are still rolling this out and haven't updated fully. Maybe Plusnet engineer can confirm ?
Re: SSL on IMAP/POP3/SMTP (again)
04-10-2019 2:08 PM
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Port 587 will work with STARTTLS, rather than explicit SSL/TLS
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Re: SSL on IMAP/POP3/SMTP (again)
04-10-2019 2:42 PM
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@MisterW wrote:
Port 587 will work with STARTTLS, rather than explicit SSL/TLS
Using Thunderbird, I can only use port 587 if I also select STARTTLS. True for both Plusnet and Gmail
Re: SSL on IMAP/POP3/SMTP (again)
05-10-2019 4:04 PM
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Please can somebody from plusnet confirm that plusnet email server relay.plus.net enforce TLS on port 587 ?
Re: SSL on IMAP/POP3/SMTP (again)
24-11-2019 3:38 PM
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Two months later the instructions here: https://www.plus.net/help/email-guides/how-to-set-up-plusnet-email/#what-other-settings-do-i-need are still out of date.
Re: SSL on IMAP/POP3/SMTP (again)
02-12-2019 9:26 PM
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Ex él Kent news! What a pity it has not been publicised more!
Re: SSL on IMAP/POP3/SMTP (again)
18-12-2019 2:10 PM
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@matiushu wrote:
Having read up STARTTLS is less secure then SSL/TLS as it allows unsecured connection and transmission silently between client and server where the email server doesn't enforce TLS.
It's up to you to tell your client to use STARTTLS, and additionally some (most?) servers enforce it too. I run a small hosting service and my SMTP server comes up with this if I try to send mail (even for local delivery) with an unauthenticated connection:
550 Only authenticated connections are allowed on ports other than 25 (587).
...and it doesn't let me authenticate without encryption (set up via STARTTLS)
So STARTTLS is not inherently insecure, what you have read is that it CAN be set up insecurely, but so can anything!
For example, it's quite hard to get exim4 to allow authentication without encryption. It's certainly not the default configuration, and you have to read documentation with warnings about the security risks!
Re: SSL on IMAP/POP3/SMTP (again)
19-12-2019 4:26 PM
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What about IMAP settings?
Also tried enabling SSL on outgoing relay (587) but did not work with Windows 10 email client.
Can somebody at PN please supply all settings for this!????
Re: SSL on IMAP/POP3/SMTP (again)
19-12-2019 4:32 PM - edited 19-12-2019 4:33 PM
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SSL for IMAP uses port 993
Explicit SSL on port 587 wont work, you either need to use SSL on port 465 OR STARTTLS on 587
Hope that helps
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Re: SSL on IMAP/POP3/SMTP (again)
24-03-2020 4:21 PM
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So what's the progress on this..
We're now 6 months later and the instructions are still out of date.
I may have missed it, but I've not seen any announcement either, still leaving most of you're customers in the dark and potentially vulnerable?
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