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Cannot connect to IMAP-Server with expired SSL-Certificate

Bug #58714 reported by Marcel Juhnke
10
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Evolution
Expired
High
evolution (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: evolution version 2.8.0-0ubuntu1

Connecting to an IMAP-Server with an expired SSL-Certificate shows up a dialog
saying: "Failed to connect to IMAP server lorifan.homeip.net in secure mode:
SSL negotiations failed"

No connection can be established to the server then.

See original description
Marcel Juhnke (marrat)
description: updated
Marcel Juhnke (marrat)
description: updated
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks for your bug. When you open an upstream bug too better to point it, opening a task for http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=354119

Changed in evolution:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Untriaged → Medium
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in evolution:
status: Unknown → Unconfirmed
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Franck (alci) wrote :

I can confirm this with imap.ouvaton.org.

Same problem, same result. Really annoying (well, makes evolution useless for me)

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Do you have some step to create the situation? Why not updating the certificate or using a connection without one? What is the interest to use an expired certificate?

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Marcel Juhnke (marrat) wrote :

I already tried to connect with an certificate that has not expired same problem,
but I resolved this issue using this hint:

https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/59632

Regards, Marcel Juhnke

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Franck Routier (franck-routier) wrote : Re: [Bug 58714] Re: Cannot connect to IMAP-Server with expired SSL-Certificate

Sebastien Bacher a écrit :
> Do you have some step to create the situation?
 Just try to initiate a TLS connection with imap.ouvaton.org

> Why not updating the
> certificate
This is a mail service provider. I could ask them to update their
certificate, not do it myself.
> or using a connection without one?
Sure I could, but I like the idea of sending my login/password and
receiving my mail on a crypted connection.
> What is the interest to
> use an expired certificate?
>
None, but in case you have to, most application just tell you it has
expired, and ask I you want to use it anyway...

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Franck Routier (franck-routier) wrote :

Marcel Juhnke a écrit :
> I already tried to connect with an certificate that has not expired same problem,
> but I resolved this issue using this hint:
>
> https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/59632
>
 well, if I understand it well, I would have to modify the imap's server
config.... but this is not my server !

Also, evolution used to be able to connect to this imap server with TLS,
and thunderbird still is.

Regards,

Franck

Daniel Holbach (dholbach)
Changed in evolution:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Grégory Oliver (elendrim) wrote :

I have the same problem with my server. I know it's my server so I can create a new SSL-certificat, but it's a bug to not have the choice to accept or not the certificat, expired or not.

Regards,

Grégory

Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in evolution:
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in evolution:
importance: Unknown → High
todaioan (alan-ar06)
Changed in evolution (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Confirmed
todaioan (alan-ar06)
Changed in evolution (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Edward Donovan (edward.donovan) wrote :

I don't think this bug should have been marked Incomplete. I don't have privilege to set it back to Triaged, so I'll mark it confirmed, anyway. Thanks.

Changed in evolution (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
todaioan (alan-ar06)
Changed in evolution (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
Adolfo Jayme Barrientos (fitojb)
Changed in evolution (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Triaged
assignee: Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) → nobody
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Jörg Frings-Fürst (jff-de) wrote :

bug from 2006
please set status to Won't fix

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Jörg Frings-Fürst (jff-de) wrote :

change status to invalid

Changed in evolution (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Invalid
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in evolution:
status: New → Expired
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