Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 16:05:01 -0500 From: Panayotis Manganaris <panos.manganaris@gmail.com> To: Paul Eskello <paul.eskello@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dragonfly mail agent (dma) no tls by default Message-ID: <875xocz6ki.fsf@ASCALON.mail-host-address-is-not-set> In-Reply-To: <CAAtiVbVBO6POVVHYF8tT8cJ=bUF%2BOO3RcBAvvuKPfVvc-PPEKg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAAtiVbVBO6POVVHYF8tT8cJ=bUF%2BOO3RcBAvvuKPfVvc-PPEKg@mail.gmail.com>
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Paul Eskello <paul.eskello@gmail.com> writes: > why is tls (yeah well, starttls) disabled by default? I reckon this is because the relevant configuration is not entirely standardized. Many servers offer IMAP+STARTTLS i.e. STARTTLS over IMAP port 143 instead of the traditional IMAP over SSL/TLS (IMAPS) on port 993. > Isn't that too conservative in soon-to-be 2025? Regardless of date, an engineer should be as conservative as needed to uphold the principle of least surprise. Sometimes that means admins must assign ports as needed.
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