Thread: [SOLVED] Modest cannot receive/send via SSL/TLS
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Malakai is offline Malakai
2014-10-30 , 19:30
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You either trust that it does, check the source code and trust that it does it correctly, or capture the traffic and check it (and trust that it does it correctly .
Frankly, I'm just an average user of the n900 and I don't have the abilities to understand the source code.

From a first (shallow) dive into the code it seems like modest indeed wants to enforce STARTTLS if "Normal (TLS)" is selected.

Also, when creating a new account in modest, one can chose a port number other than 143 for "Normal (TLS)". Once the account is active, changing the port is no longer possible, apparently.
Thanks for the fact that you verified, but I will only use the mail client with an OpenVPN connection to my home router while on the go, maybe like this I could limit the risks.

I think it's time for me to donate to neo900 project as everyday something else "changes" on the n900 and doesn't work as it should.... just hope that the same issues won't appear with the neo900.

Thank you for your help and for your explanations.
 

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