> > The port for the SSL (465 and 993) seem to be a little off standard.
> > Netscape (as far as I have found) does not allow this, it wants the SSL
> > tunnel on the same (25 and 143) ports,
>
> What version of Netscape did you test that with? 993 is the correct
> port for IMAP over SSL (simap). If you tell netscape to use SSL, it
> will not use 25 and 143, it will use 465 and 993. As long as you're
> using UW-IMAP, imap access is fine (Netscape has some IMAP bugs that
> don't get along with courier-imap).
The version was the default Redhat 6.0 installed, I think Netscape 4.60 ?
Not sure..
>
> Encrypting SMTP is probably a waste of cpu cycles, since it's terribly
> unlikely that the message will be passed from your mail server to the
> next in anything but plain text.
When you are dealing with enties like the NSA, CIA, FBI and such for email,
they want all points encrypted. Because of the work we do at my current
employer all ports are SSL, I was actually asked if we could do PGP on the
ports real-time, geez..
>
> > In all honesty I have to say I fought moving from Netscape Messanger to
> > Outlook Express,
> > big bad Microsoft Train, but it actually works really well with a IMAP
> > client
>
> No it doesn't, but neither does Netscape. Outlook express has a fair
> IMAP driver, but when I used it last, every time I added a mail folder,
> I had to refresh the list of folders, and resubscribe to every one. It
> was quite irritating, especially with many folders. Has this changed?
When you add a folder with Outlook Express (version 5.50.4029.2901) it does
not ask you to refresh.
> My certs are self signed, and netscape hasn't complained. It warned me
> that the signature was not recognised the first time that I used it, but
> that's the intended behavior. Outlook does the same.
When I was using Netscape it would ask for this every time a connection was
made, every time. Got real old if you have the email check time set to 5
minutes then every damn five minutes prompt for this certificate business. I
could not get it to go away, this was probably the #1 reason I threw it on
the floor and danced on it.
These are just my experiences and opinions, seems that currently I have a
real stable, workable mix. Using Redhat 6.2 (Zoot) on a AMD K6/380, 128 Meg
Ram, 9 Gig Drive, Sendmail 8.10.0 and Imap 4.7.5, on the client side using
Outlook Express and SSL for both SMTP and Imap, with strong (2048) client
certs for both signatures and encryption and a very (probably rediculous)
strong key (4096) for the CA. I do not use POP3 and I am currently looking
into the authentication for SMTP in Sendmail 8.10.0
Regards,
Steven Hildreth
Information Technology Manager
Aprotex Corporation, http://www.aprotex.com
"Proven Property Protection Since 1952"
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