MBOX-Line: From mrc at CAC.Washington.EDU  Mon Mar 26 09:43:34 2007
To: imap-protocol@u.washington.edu
From: Mark Crispin <mrc@CAC.Washington.EDU>
Date: Fri Jun  8 12:34:38 2018
Subject: [Imap-protocol] IMAP features: which clients use them? 
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On Mon, 26 Mar 2007, Dave Cridland wrote:
> 1) If you are a mail provider offering SSL, offer STARTTLS too, and try to 
> migrate your customers toward it.

Bravo.

> 2) If you are a client developer, use STARTTLS wherever possible, and attempt 
> to migrate users away from old-style SSL. STARTTLS support should be on by 
> default and require no user-level configuration.

Bravo!

> 3) If you are a user, use SSL as a last resort for gaining encryption, and 
> configure your client to use STARTTLS instead.

Bravo!!!

The sooner SSL-only clients are abolished, the happier I would be.

-- Mark --

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