Changeset fecfae0

Timestamp:

08/29/2021 09:41:12 PM (3 years ago)

Author:

Ken Moffat <ken@…>

Branches:

11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, lxqt, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

830b4b31

Parents:

78ccfb02

Message:

fetchmail: Recommend forcing ssl where supported.

Files:

• introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• networking/mailnews/fetchmail.xml (modified) (1 diff)

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -45 +45 @@
       <para>August 29th, 2021</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[ken] - fetchmail: Recommend using ssl where possible to
+          ensure that TLS is enforced.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[ken] - Update to seamonkey-2.53.9 (security update). Fixes

networking/mailnews/fetchmail.xml

@@ -173 +173 @@
     <sect3>
       <title>Configuration Information</title>
+
+      <note>
+        <para>
+          If you are connecting to a mailserver that supports SSL/TLS-wrapped
+          or "implicit" mode on a dedicated port (default 993) you should use
+          <command>fetchmail --ssl</command> or add the option 'ssl' in an
+          rcfile.
+        </para>
+      </note>
 
 <screen><userinput>cat &gt; ~/.fetchmailrc &lt;&lt; "EOF"