[mew-int 01900] Re: TLS

[Kazu Yamamoto ( 山本和彦 )]

Hello,

> 1. Mew 4.1 tries to use the binary /usr/sbin/stunnel but doesn't find
> it since stunnel4, in debian, is installed as /usr/sbin/stunnel4.
>     Anyway i created a link and i could proceed.

Configure:
	(setq mew-prog-ssl "stunnel4") 

> 2. I applied your patch to stunnel4 (debian source) but it stops
> working while trying to connect, and emacs stops responding too so i
> have to kill it 

Mew 4.1 has a serious bug related to SSL/TLS. So, you should use Mew
current (anon CVS) or Mew 4.1.50.

> (it would be nice to have the option of killing emacs
> processes without killing it completely as this happens all too often,
> ex. when a wireless connection isn't great and mew just keeps trying
> getting or sending things blocking all emacs usage).

Does C-uC-cC-k meet your requirement?

>     I also tried to run stunnel by hand using the same conf file mew
> created in /tmp to see the messages it issued and this is what i got:
> 2004.10.28 18:10:22 LOG7[8458:1076623808]: 8204 bound to 127.0.0.1:8204

You should understand that stunnel does not negotiate cryptographic
parameters until a first connection comes. So, you should additionally
do
	% telnet localhost 8204

Try this and tell me what happens.

--Kazu