[Users] Autoconfig does not support port 465 in SRV record

[Andrej Kacian]

On Mon, 10 Apr 2017 12:20:14 +0200
Jack <jaccode at virginmedia.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Virgin Media uses SSL/TLS on port 465 for email submission via SMTP:
> 
> $ dig _submission._tcp.virginmedia.com -t SRV +short
> 0 1 465 smtp.virginmedia.com.
> 
> https://help.virginmedia.com/system/templates/selfservice/vm/help/customer/locale/en-GB/portal/200300000001000/article/HELP-2203/Email-Settings-for-all-Virgin-Media-domains
> 
> Claws Mail supports SRV records for autoconfiguration. Unfortunately, it always assumes that STARTTLS (=explicit SSL/TLS) is used for SMTP. But in this case I need implicit SSL/TLS on port 465.
> 
> I would like to suggest that the autoconfig wizard in Claws Mail tests if STARTTLS works for SMTP. If it doesn't, it should try implicit SSL/TLS.
> 
> If this is not possible to implement, I suggest that implicit SSL/TLS is always used for port 465. It is very unlikely that someone would be running STARTTLS on port 465. Ports 25 and 587 are commonly used for STARTTLS.
> 

Fixed in git, even though technically this is incorrect. See the
relevant commit message for details:
http://git.claws-mail.org/?p=claws.git;a=commitdiff;h=dbec2c

Regards,
-- 
Andrej