POPFile (Windows version) can't connect some POP3 servers via SSL

[naoki iimura]

There are two reports that POPFile can't connect POP3 servers via SSL:

http://getpopfile.org/discussion/1/463

2013/8/26 15:10:29 5356: pop3: 529: Attempting to connect to SSL server at pop3.kabelmail.de:995
2013/8/26 15:10:30 5356: pop3: 626: IO::Socket::INET or IO::Socket::SSL gets an error: IO::Socket::SSL: SSL connect attempt failed with unknown errorerror:1411809D:SSL routines:SSL_CHECK_SERVERHELLO_TLSEXT:tls invalid ecpointformat

http://getpopfile.org/discussion/4/477 (Japanese forum)

2013/12/4 17:41:23 4132: pop3: 529: Attempting to connect to SSL server at outlook.office365.com:995
2013/12/4 17:41:23 4132: pop3: 626: IO::Socket::INET or IO::Socket::SSL gets an error: IO::Socket::SSL: SSL connect attempt failed with unknown errorerror:1411809D:SSL routines:SSL_CHECK_SERVERHELLO_TLSEXT:tls invalid ecpointformat list 

I've tried to connect these servers using Windows version and failed.

Mac OS X version does not have this issue.

It seems that the cause is the SSL modules (IO::Socket::SSL and Net::SSLeay) are too old (Windows version uses 1.13 and 1.36. Mac OS X version uses 1.44 and 1.36).

When I replace these modules with newer versions (1.960 and 1.55), the problem disappeared.

I think we need to update these modules to more latest ones!

Naoki

[Daniel Hahler]

Maybe http://getpopfile.org/changeset/3861 helps in this case, too?

See also http://getpopfile.org/ticket/199.