[Users] Is a puzzlement

[bruce]

i was getting the same thing with the ssl/tls handshake failure.

mine apparently started on may 5.  i tried postbox, it had no problems
downlaoding it.

can it be an authenication type issue?

On Sun, 10 May 2020 14:09:35 -0400
Henry Carmichael <henry.carmichael at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am running Lubuntu 18.04, and I have an e-mail account at yahoo.com.
> 
> I had been successfully retrieving mail from this account via
> claws-mail until 15-Mar-2020, on which date attempts to retrieve gave
> the error message in the network log:
> * Account 'Eanruig': Connecting to POP3 server:
> pop.mail.yahoo.com:995... *** SSL/TLS handshake failed.
> 
> I have tried to find out what was amiss, but have not been successful.
> 
> So, I finally decided to try Sylpheed. I set it up with but one
> account
> - the yahoo.com one.
> 
> Behold, I retrieved 132 old messages from yahoo! What is more, they
> went into the inbox for claws-mail. I was not unhappy about that.
> 
> I would really like to know why claws suddenly decided to fail the
> handshake, and if there is anything I can do to trim its talons so it
> will calmly retrieve messages from yahoo mail.
> 
> Thanks for suggestions.
> Henry
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