[linux-help] pine + startTLS + smtp auth

[Michael Osten <mosten@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I just started using startTLS with a self signed cert.  Everything is
working fine except for a behavior in pine.  Pine is prompting me for my
password every time I want to send a mail.  It may have something to do
with the entry in my .pinerc 

SMTP-server=localhost/tls/novalidate-cert/user=mosten

This line, or a variation of it is required so I do not get an error
about the self-signed cert every time I send a mail.  I've also tried
using the hostname in the place of "localhost" with the same behavior.

Another interesting thing is that from my logs, only about 5% of my
known Unix world uses startTLS.  I'm using it to encrypt traffic from
known SMTP servers (machines that I have at least "influence" over, if
not root).  Any one care to speculate why?  Or tell us why you don't use
opportunistic encryption?

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Michael Osten


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