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    From mechanic@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 29 15:57:31 2020
    Just yesterday connections to a posteo.de imap server fail with
    messages about tls not working (unexpected TCP input disconnect). I
    changed the server name flag from /tls to /ssl but that doesn't work
    either. I can see from the help page (Server Name Syntax) that there
    are other flags but all seem to require Alpine linked with an SSL
    library. This is running PC-Alpine so recompile would be
    non-trivial!
    My phone loads email from posteo ok using a Starttls setting, by the
    way.So the basic imap server seems working.
    Raised as a problem with posteo, seems like it's still an issue
    today. Nothing on the posteo status page to indicate a wide spread
    problem, so maybe an issue with the Alpine to server connection
    settings.

    Any thoughts on how to proceed?

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  • From mechanic@21:1/5 to mechanic on Wed Dec 30 12:42:05 2020
    On Tue, 29 Dec 2020 15:57:31 +0000, mechanic wrote:

    Just yesterday connections to a posteo.de imap server fail with
    messages about tls not working (unexpected TCP input disconnect). I
    changed the server name flag from /tls to /ssl but that doesn't work
    either. I can see from the help page (Server Name Syntax) that there
    are other flags but all seem to require Alpine linked with an SSL
    library. This is running PC-Alpine so recompile would be
    non-trivial!
    My phone loads email from posteo ok using a Starttls setting, by the
    way.So the basic imap server seems working.
    Raised as a problem with posteo, seems like it's still an issue
    today. Nothing on the posteo status page to indicate a wide spread
    problem, so maybe an issue with the Alpine to server connection
    settings.

    Any thoughts on how to proceed?

    Now message from the system is "aquire credentials handle failed".

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  • From Eduardo Chappa@21:1/5 to mechanic on Wed Dec 30 11:57:00 2020
    On Tue, 29 Dec 2020, mechanic wrote:

    Just yesterday connections to a posteo.de imap server fail with
    messages about tls not working (unexpected TCP input disconnect). I
    changed the server name flag from /tls to /ssl but that doesn't work
    either. I can see from the help page (Server Name Syntax) that there
    are other flags but all seem to require Alpine linked with an SSL
    library. This is running PC-Alpine so recompile would be
    non-trivial!

    Which version of Alpine are you using? posteo.de uses TLSv1.2 and TLSv1.3,
    in port 993 and TLSv1 in port 143 (starttls) and depending on which
    version of Alpine you have and if it is 32/64 bits it will depend on what
    your version of Alpine supports.

    I am not in a position to test this at this moment, but I will in a few
    days. In the mean time, I'd like to know about your setup so I can try to reproduce it.

    Thank you!

    --
    Eduardo
    https://tinyurl.com/yc377wlh (web)
    http://repo.or.cz/alpine.git (Git)

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  • From mechanic@21:1/5 to Eduardo Chappa on Wed Dec 30 23:01:05 2020
    On Wed, 30 Dec 2020 11:57:00 -0700, Eduardo Chappa wrote:

    On Tue, 29 Dec 2020, mechanic wrote:

    Just yesterday connections to a posteo.de imap server fail with
    messages about tls not working (unexpected TCP input disconnect). I
    changed the server name flag from /tls to /ssl but that doesn't work
    either. I can see from the help page (Server Name Syntax) that there
    are other flags but all seem to require Alpine linked with an SSL
    library. This is running PC-Alpine so recompile would be
    non-trivial!

    Which version of Alpine are you using? posteo.de uses TLSv1.2 and TLSv1.3,
    in port 993 and TLSv1 in port 143 (starttls) and depending on which
    version of Alpine you have and if it is 32/64 bits it will depend on what your version of Alpine supports.

    I am not in a position to test this at this moment, but I will in a few
    days. In the mean time, I'd like to know about your setup so I can try to reproduce it.

    Thank you!

    This is PC_Alpine on 64 bit Win10. I have version 2.24.

    Using the line {posteo.de/tls1_2/user=myname@posteo.de}inbox
    in the pinerc file.

    I have tried the /tls /ssl /tls1_2 flags with various results, the
    best is with /tls1_2 where the Inbox is reachable and I can read
    individual posts. However if I try to select another folder from
    the Folder List the Alpine application hangs with message 'aquire
    credentials handle failed'; using the /tls or /ssl flags or no flag
    shows 'unable to connect to posteo.de'

    Thanks for your help!

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  • From mechanic@21:1/5 to mechanic on Thu Dec 31 15:04:23 2020
    On Wed, 30 Dec 2020 23:01:05 +0000, mechanic wrote:

    [snip]
    This is PC_Alpine on 64 bit Win10. I have version 2.24.

    Using the line {posteo.de/tls1_2/user=myname@posteo.de}inbox
    in the pinerc file.

    I have tried the /tls /ssl /tls1_2 flags with various results, the
    best is with /tls1_2 where the Inbox is reachable and I can read
    individual posts. However if I try to select another folder from
    the Folder List the Alpine application hangs with message 'aquire
    credentials handle failed'; using the /tls or /ssl flags or no flag
    shows 'unable to connect to posteo.de'

    Thanks for your help!

    Well this problem appears to have cleared. I was going to do a
    refresh of Windows, using DISM,and the initial preparation with a
    system file scan - using "sfc /scannow" - showed up some corruption
    in the system files, which it was able to clean up. Now Alpine
    connects without a problem! This system is regularly updated but has
    not had a clean reinstall for years.

    Thanks Eduardo for the offer to help, but hopefully now not needed.

    Happy New Year to everyone!

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