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Re: Help required with POP3 stunnel

From John Hall <john@jhall.co.uk>
Newsgroups demon.ip.support.turnpike
Subject Re: Help required with POP3 stunnel
Date 2025-12-25 20:19 +0000
Message-ID <mr5khlFhdhoU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References (14 earlier) <lYKSpDCkI$SpFw7P@brattleho.plus.com> <10ih198$nis2$6@dont-email.me> <eCz8$xDGvFTpFw0K@brattleho.plus.com> <mr35mpF4vv3U1@mid.individual.net> <10ij8ej$1qkti$2@dont-email.me>

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On 25/12/2025 11:50, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
> On 2025/12/24 21:53:29, John Hall wrote:
> 
> []
> 
>> A search for "Plusnet email settings" turned up this:
>>
>> https://www.plus.net/help/email-account-changes/
>>
>> Apparently Plusnet recently outsourced their email service to a
>> differemt outfit, and it does now require TLS/SSL, which for TP does
>> mean that you'll need Stunnel.
> 
> (Yes, Greenly.) I suspected as much - so the claims that it would be
> seamless are as untrue as I expected.

Going by what you and Ian have posted here, it looks like their claim to 
have emailed all their users in advance of the change is false as well.

> 
> Interesting that (using Thunderbird, as I have to, or at least I have to
> use 64-bit OS for some other software, so can't use TP [even VM not
> allowed]) I didn't have to change anything; presumably that was using
> whatever was required anyway, and that _didn't_ upset the old PlusNet
> servers.
> 

That's interesting, as normally you'd expect the port numbers to have 
changed.
-- 
John Hall

      You can divide people into two categories:
      those who divide people into two categories and those who don't

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Help required with POP3 stunnel John <this.address.is.rejected@limax.co.uk> - 2025-12-10 18:23 +0000
  Re: Help required with POP3 stunnel John Hall <john@jhall.co.uk> - 2025-12-10 20:14 +0000
    Re: Help required with POP3 stunnel John <this.address.is.rejected@limax.co.uk> - 2025-12-11 14:56 +0000
      Re: Help required with POP3 stunnel John Hall <john@jhall.co.uk> - 2025-12-11 16:42 +0000
        Re: Help required with POP3 stunnel John <this.address.is.rejected@limax.co.uk> - 2025-12-14 10:17 +0000
          Re: Help required with POP3 stunnel John Hall <john@jhall.co.uk> - 2025-12-14 18:52 +0000
            Re: Help required with POP3 stunnel John <this.address.is.rejected@limax.co.uk> - 2025-12-15 16:39 +0000
              Re: Help required with POP3 stunnel John Hall <john@jhall.co.uk> - 2025-12-15 16:56 +0000
                Re: Help required with POP3 stunnel "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-12-15 21:39 +0000
                Re: Help required with POP3 stunnel "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-12-15 23:09 +0000
                Re: Help required with POP3 stunnel Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> - 2025-12-20 22:53 +0000
                Re: Help required with POP3 stunnel "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-12-21 03:39 +0000
                Re: Help required with POP3 stunnel Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> - 2025-12-23 17:09 +0000
                Re: Help required with POP3 stunnel John Hall <john@jhall.co.uk> - 2025-12-23 18:32 +0000
                Re: Help required with POP3 stunnel "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-12-24 06:09 +0000
                Re: Help required with POP3 stunnel Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> - 2025-12-24 14:01 +0000
                Re: Help required with POP3 stunnel "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-12-24 15:36 +0000
                Re: Help required with POP3 stunnel Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> - 2025-12-24 21:31 +0000
                Re: Help required with POP3 stunnel John Hall <john@jhall.co.uk> - 2025-12-24 21:53 +0000
                Re: Help required with POP3 stunnel "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-12-25 11:50 +0000
                Re: Help required with POP3 stunnel John Hall <john@jhall.co.uk> - 2025-12-25 20:19 +0000
                PlusNet outsourcing (was: Re: Help required with POP3 stunnel) "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-12-26 02:40 +0000
                Re: PlusNet outsourcing John Hall <john@jhall.co.uk> - 2025-12-26 10:15 +0000
                Re: PlusNet outsourcing "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-12-26 11:51 +0000
                Re: PlusNet outsourcing John Hall <john@jhall.co.uk> - 2025-12-26 16:32 +0000
                Re: PlusNet outsourcing Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> - 2025-12-27 13:47 +0000
                Re: PlusNet outsourcing Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> - 2025-12-27 13:57 +0000
                Re: PlusNet outsourcing Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> - 2025-12-27 16:14 +0000
                Re: PlusNet outsourcing "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-12-27 14:40 +0000

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