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Re: What linux clients do gmail:smtp TLS/SSL

From Unknown <dog@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.networking, comp.mail.misc
Subject Re: What linux clients do gmail:smtp TLS/SSL
Date 2013-02-09 07:55 +0000
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On Fri, 08 Feb 2013 21:54:53 +0000, Whiskers wrote:

> On 2013-02-07, Avoid9Pdf@gmail.com <Avoid9Pdf@gmail.com> wrote:
>> smtp is rather simple, but what's all this TLS/SSL about ?
> 
> Encryption of all packets between the computers concerned, so that
> no-one else can read your login details or messages.
> 
>> I really don't want to know about `sendmail` if it makes such a drama
>> about plain smtp.
>>
>> It would be nice if the smtp-client was integrated with a pop/imap
>> client too.
>>
>> http: gmail is becoming unbearable, even with `links`.
>>

> 
> Use "stunnel" if your preferred user agent can't handle TLS/SSL for
> itself.

--> stunnel -help == ....
OMG it's got a zillion options !!  
Why couldn't they just LEAVE the system as it was WORKING in the 90s ?!

> "msmtp" is a small easily configured SMTP server, as an alternative to
> "sendmail" for basic functions.
> 
-->  which msmtp == which: no msmtp in PATH

> "Alpine" and "Mutt" are popular text-interface mail user agents.
As previously stated `mutt` seems to need permanent-on-line to scroll
in the directory-of-headers. Plus that doesn't solve the TLS problem.


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What linux clients do gmail:smtp TLS/SSL Avoid9Pdf@gmail.com - 2013-02-07 18:31 +0000
  Re: What linux clients do gmail:smtp TLS/SSL "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2013-02-07 14:59 -0500
    Re: What linux clients do gmail:smtp TLS/SSL Ivan Shmakov <oneingray@gmail.com> - 2013-02-08 09:48 +0000
      Re: What linux clients do gmail:smtp TLS/SSL Avoid9Pdf@gmail.com - 2013-02-08 13:42 +0000
        Re: What linux clients do gmail:smtp TLS/SSL Ivan Shmakov <oneingray@gmail.com> - 2013-02-08 21:32 +0000
        Re: What linux clients do gmail:smtp TLS/SSL Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2013-02-08 22:13 +0000
          Re: What linux clients do gmail:smtp TLS/SSL Ivan Shmakov <oneingray@gmail.com> - 2013-02-09 06:51 +0000
    Re: What linux clients do gmail:smtp TLS/SSL David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2013-02-08 11:25 +0100
  Re: What linux clients do gmail:smtp TLS/SSL David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2013-02-08 11:20 +0100
  Re: What linux clients do gmail:smtp TLS/SSL Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2013-02-08 21:54 +0000
    Re: What linux clients do gmail:smtp TLS/SSL Unknown <dog@gmail.com> - 2013-02-09 07:55 +0000
      TLS/SSL Ivan Shmakov <oneingray@gmail.com> - 2013-02-09 09:22 +0000
      Re: What linux clients do gmail:smtp TLS/SSL J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-02-09 15:14 +0000
  Re: What linux clients do gmail:smtp TLS/SSL Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2013-02-10 13:18 +0000
    Re: What linux clients do gmail:smtp TLS/SSL telsar <noone@nowhere.com> - 2013-02-11 12:50 -0600

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