[Kde-pim] IMAP/Pop3 Config UIs

[Ingo Klöcker]

On Sunday 28 March 2010, Thomas McGuire wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Sunday 28 March 2010 05:28:33 Casey Link wrote:
> > This is in reference to bug 223483 "SMTP, POP and IMAP config
> > dialogs should look similar." [1]
> 
> I'd also like to address the confusion between SSL and TLS. The
> labels in the UI are just wrong currently.
> TLS is the successor of SSL. Basically SSL is not used anymore, only
> TLS.

This is not true. In particular, SSL does not use the standard port but 
a different port while TLS uses the standard port (and therefore uses 
the STARTTLS command to initiate a secure session). Also, for some 
providers only SSL is possible if you want a secure connection.


Regards,
Ingo
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