Closed Bug 189281 Opened 22 years ago Closed 22 years ago

Secure SMTP dealt with wrong

Categories

(MailNews Core :: Networking: SMTP, defect)

x86
Windows XP
defect
Not set
major

Tracking

(Not tracked)

VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 135357

People

(Reporter: bugzillaPost120030in, Assigned: mscott)

Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130

See Bug 98399.
Can't send email securely.
This is an offshoot of Bug 98399; I think seth (sspitzer chez netscape) is
looking into it; should be assigned to him, IMO.  Just creating it cuz
technically it's a different bug, though closely related. (98399 causes a hang,
this just doesn't work)


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Set up SMTP over SSL to port 465, the standard port for secure SMTP. (Seth has
login to a server for reproducing this.)
Try to send an email.
Actual Results:  
The message will never send, forcing the user to cancel.

Expected Results:  
Successfully negotiate and send securely.

It's important to encrypt the session when the ISP requires authentication using
the same username and password as for the IMAP/POP login. Workaround appears to
be to use port 25, if available from ISP.
Dammit!  Just realized a crash deleted a long comment & update I had prepared
but not committed!
Summary: STARTTLS dealt with wrong → Secure SMTP dealt with wrong
I am the submitter!  Why won't bugzilla let me set the Priority?  I've seen
*many* people tripped up by this; P2 IMO.

Sample SMTP server: www.fastmail.fm (sspitzer has a login here I provided him.) 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 135357 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 22 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Verified DUPE based upon bug #135357 comment #15.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Product: MailNews → Core
Product: Core → MailNews Core
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