STARTTLS and certificates Re: [ANNOUNCE] OfflineIMAP v6.3.4-rc3 released

[Daniel Shahaf]

Nicolas Sebrecht wrote on Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 18:53:01 +0200:
> OfflineIMAP v6.3.4-rc3 is out.
> 
> Here is a surprising release. :-)
> 
> As expected we have a lot bug fixes in this round (see git log for
> details), including a fix for a bug we had for ages (details below)
> which is a very good news.
> 
> What makes this cycle so unusual is that I merged a feature to support
> StartTLS automatically (thanks Sebastian!). Another very good news.
> 
> We usually don't do much changes so late in a cycle. Now, things are
> highly calming down and I hope a lot of people will test this release.
> Next one could be the stable!
> 
> 
> New Features
> ------------
> 
> * Added StartTLS support, it will automatically be used if the server
>   supports it.
> 

How does STARTTLS interact with certificate validation (eg,
'sslcacertfile' repository config item)?  Does it [never..always]
verify the server's identity?

> Bug Fixes
> ---------
> 
> * We protect more robustly against asking for inexistent messages from the
>   IMAP server, when someone else deletes or moves messages while we sync.
> 
> -- 
> Nicolas Sebrecht
> 
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