i switched to imap/pop server, as compiling the qualcom source code didn't really work :( here is my config, based on the past input i used stunnel, pointet to my pem file pop3s stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/stunnel ipop3d -p /usr/local/ssl/certs/mail.pem -l /usr/sbin/ipop3d ipop3d Here the error Message Jan 14 10:15:26 eoel stunnel[13909]: Using 'ipop3d' as tcpwrapper service name Jan 14 10:15:26 eoel stunnel[13909]: stunnel 3.14 on i386-suse-linux PTHREAD Jan 14 10:15:26 eoel stunnel[13909]: ipop3d connected from 212.53.103.29:14388 Jan 14 10:15:26 eoel stunnel[13909]: SSL_accept: error:00000000:lib(0):func(0):reason(0) So it seems that stunnel works, but something goes wrong with the SSL I use outlook 2000 to check this mailbox and create this error the ssl file is in the right location with root.wheel 700 setting any input? because i am terribly lost ;) thanks Evert