On Sun, 21 Oct 2018 19:33:49 -0700 (PDT),
Post by g***@gmail.comPost by g***@gmail.comPost by g***@gmail.comPost by Ajo WissinkOn Sun, 21 Oct 2018 10:38:36 -0700 (PDT),
Post by g***@gmail.comI am setting up a new Gmail account and want to use it as a POP mailbox with Eudora. I followed the instructions on the Gmail help page for this and it times out without making a connection. Not sure what to try.
I've enabled POP in Gmail.
Incoming Mail (POP) Server pop.gmail.com
Requires SSL: Yes
Port: 995
Don't try to set the port in Eudora's options.
When you choose Required alternate port Eudora will use that port. If
you have done the change in the options of Eudora you should undo that
change.
Post by g***@gmail.comI've tried all the settings for SSL. When I set it for "required, alternate port" it says, "Logging into POP Server" and hangs until it times out. It can't be killed before the timeout.
You also have to go into Gmail to permit it to use "less secure"
settings" Less secure means using any email client that is not gmail.
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255
Thank you for your reply. I changed the setting in Gmail to "less secure". I don't understand exactly what you mean about not changing Eudora "options". If you mean manually editing the .ini file, I didn't do that. I created a persona and manually set the properties.
There is a category "Ports" in Tools > Options. It is enabled by
moving esoteric.epi from the extrastuff subdirectory one level up to
the main directory. Doing that adds 6 more categories to the end of
the Options. Changing the ports there worked fine when people had
just one personality, but doing it now is not recommended.
Post by g***@gmail.comPost by g***@gmail.comPost by g***@gmail.comNow when I try to check mail I get the same results for every Secure Sockets setting other than, Required, Alternate Port. Then I gives me an error "The server's SSL certificate was rejected...". It asks if I want to trust the certificate in future sessions and it doesn't matter how I respond, yes or no, it continues to give the same error.
That works only on very slow computers and then works for only one
session of Eudora.
Post by g***@gmail.comPost by g***@gmail.comI also clicked on Last SSL Info and in the new dialog for the Certificate Information Manager I clicked Add to Trusted. This also did not fix the problem.
There is not only one certificate, but a whole chain of certificates
that you have to add to trusted.
Post by g***@gmail.comI read the first couple of posts in the thread "Eudora 7.1: why do I have this strange problem with Certificate?" and digging into the certificate list as described fixed the problem. I seem to be able to get the email now.
:)
I am glad that you finally succeeded in fixing the problem. (The
solution for the certificate problem has been posted here innumerable
times since April 2014) Now, for the bad news, Google changes the
certificates a couple of times per month so you will have more work
ahead of you.
However, you can avoid that by install Stunnel to do it for you, or
you can install the new dll files that have been published by the new
Hermes project.
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Ajo Wissink