Re: [Classpath-inetlib] IMAPConnection(SocketFactory, String host, int port, ..)

[Chris Burdess]

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Daniel Harvey wrote:
> Chris - I don't understand what you are getting at.
>
> There needs to be a way to use inetlib to do the common
> IMAP-over-SSL protocol that email clients have been using
> for years.

I disagree. inetlib is a project to implement internet standard 
protocols. Non-negotiated IMAP over SSL on port 993 is not an IETF 
standards track proposal. In contrast, IMAP with negotiated TLS (using 
STARTTLS) is (RFC 2595).

There are good reasons that IMAP-SSL is not on the standards track. If 
it were a compatible IMAP extension I would consider supporting it, but 
it isn't: it's a competing non-standard which is the wrong way to do 
it.

Is that more comprehensible?
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Chris Burdess
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