[Users] TLS version(s) used in Claws Mail

Edward epp at caramail.com
Mon Sep 12 17:53:46 UTC 2022


On Mon, 12 Sep 2022 18:59:35 +0200
Slavko <linux at slavino.sk> wrote:

> If you want be sure, you can test it by gnutls-cli (if installed) tool
> (fill your provider's server name) -- here for implicit TLS (IMAPS):
>
>     echo "a logout" | gnutls-cli -p 993 imap.example.org
>
> I (my IMAP server) use TLS1.2+ for some years already and i never had
> problem to connect to it from CM, currently it is connected with:
>
>     TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)
>
> Mentioned notice (from your provider) you have to understand as
> targeted to those, who uses some ancient clients, not able to use
> TLS1.2+, which is not current GnuTLS/CM case.
>
> regards

After installing gnutls (3.16.5) on the host OS, the above command
showed TLS 1.3. In the VirtualBox, the same command does not work with
gnutls 3.7.7 installed.



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