Re: POP3 over SSL
On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, Leigh Koven wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, Kiss Csaba wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> >
> > I use Debian on my box. I`m would like to find a solution this
> > problem:
> > I need to fetch mailes from my ISP over SSL(995 tcp port). Later I
> > used fetchmail to get mails with non SSL. Can you tell me hints
> > what software can do it?
>
> According to the fetchmail FAQ, it can be compiled with SSL support
> included. Make sure you have the OpenSSL libraries installed (which you
> can get from http://www.openssl.com ) and configure it with the --with-ssl
> flag. The FAQ at
> http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/fetchmail/fetchmail-FAQ.html#K5 has a little
> more info.
>
Unfortunately fetchmail which is included in debian is not configured to
use ssl, and the source which is currently downloadable from the archive
is not buildable due to a debian/rules file error. Probably build
dependency is behind the error, but it does not state what it needs to
build.
Robert Varga
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