Hi list, i encounter the followinf problem since i updated from suse 8.0 to suse 8.2 on my mailserver.

I used pop3 with ssl with the qpopper on a SuSE 8.0 with the following entry in /etc/inetd.conf:

pop3s stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/sslwrap -cert /usr/ssl/certs/mymailserver.pem -port 110

I created a key/certificate with the following command:

openssl req -new -x509 -days 365 -nodes -out /usr/ssl/certs/mymailserver.pem -keyout /usr/ssl/certs/mymailserver.pem

Then i started Eudora (my mailclient) and set it to use an alternate port for SLL. It the told me the certificate is not trusted. I imported the certificate to the trusted certificates and checked mail again. Now anything worked fine.

This worked fine for nearly half a year. So no problems with this!

Now i updated the mailserver to SuSE 8.2 and i encounter the following:

1. I can still connect to the machine. 2. My certificate is still valid and trusted. 3. I can not download any mail - even if my /var/spool/mail/user mailbox has some mails in it. 4. I can connect to port 110 (without SSL) and can download the mail. (So popper is still working fine) 5. The message log displays entries with SSL connections and POP3 connections (from localhost) just as allways.

and now for the problem:

6. the /var/log/mail.warn displays the following:

popper[14887]: Possible probe of account info from host 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) [pop_quit.c:29]

This seems to be a result from a connection that just send the username and the issues a QUIT command.

Why does my connection via port 110 work fine but via the SSL wrapper not? (And why did it work before the update?)

Thanks in advance

- rossi -