Re: gnus/starttls.el and net/tls.el

[Sascha Wilde]

Simon Josefsson <address@hidden> wrote:
> Sascha Wilde <address@hidden> writes:
>> Simon Josefsson <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> The problem is the different set of external dependencies:
>>>
>>>  tls.el: use gnutls-cli (GnuTLS) or s_client (OpenSSL)
>>>  starttls.el: use gnutls-cli (GnuTLS) or starttls
[...]
>> I'm not sure that I properly understood the problem (and I haven't read
>> the whole thread), but OpenSSL supports StartTLS, like:
>>
>>   openssl s_client -starttls smtp -connect mail.example.com
>>
>> does this do what you need to support s_client in starttls.el?
>
> Not entirely, OpenSSL only supports starttls for a few application
> protocols:

True.  What a pity (well, not to much for replacing OpenSSL with GnuTLS
is a good thing anyway, IMO). 

> Right now, in Emacs, I think starttls support is used for IMAP, SMTP,
> POP3 and ManageSieve.  There is no support for Managesieve in OpenSSL...

I see.  I haven't thought of managesieve here.

cheers
sascha
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