Dear all, here is some more success story. 1> using LOGIN imtest -a aftab -m LOGIN linux.kolkatainfoservices.in -p 993 -s -------------------------------------------------------------- verify error:num=19:self signed certificate in certificate chain verify error:num=24:invalid CA certificate verify error:num=26:unsupported certificate purpose TLS connection established: TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits) S: * OK linux.kolkatainfoservices.in Cyrus IMAP4 v2.2.12 server ready C: C01 CAPABILITY S: * CAPABILITY IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 ACL QUOTA LITERAL+ MAILBOX-REFERRALS NAMESPACE UIDPLUS ID NO_ATOMIC_RENAME UNSELECT CHILDREN MULTIAPPEND BINARY SORT THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THREAD=REFERENCES ANNOTATEMORE IDLE AUTH=LOGIN AUTH=PLAIN SASL-IR X-NETSCAPE S: C01 OK Completed Please enter your password: C: L01 LOGIN aftab {5} S: + go ahead C: <omitted> S: L01 OK User logged in Authenticated. Security strength factor: 256 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2> Using PLAIN imtest -a aftab -m PLAIN linux.kolkatainfoservices.in -p 993 -s ------------------------------------------ verify error:num=19:self signed certificate in certificate chain verify error:num=24:invalid CA certificate verify error:num=26:unsupported certificate purpose TLS connection established: TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits) S: * OK linux.kolkatainfoservices.in Cyrus IMAP4 v2.2.12 server ready C: C01 CAPABILITY S: * CAPABILITY IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 ACL QUOTA LITERAL+ MAILBOX-REFERRALS NAMESPACE UIDPLUS ID NO_ATOMIC_RENAME UNSELECT CHILDREN MULTIAPPEND BINARY SORT THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THREAD=REFERENCES ANNOTATEMORE IDLE AUTH=LOGIN AUTH=PLAIN SASL-IR X-NETSCAPE S: C01 OK Completed Please enter your password: C: A01 AUTHENTICATE PLAIN AGFmdGFiAGFmdGFi 'S: A01 OK Success (tls protection) Authenticated. Security strength factor: 256 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3> but the problem is using STARTTLS --------------------------------------- verify error:num=19:self signed certificate in certificate chain verify error:num=24:invalid CA certificate verify error:num=26:unsupported certificate purpose TLS connection established: TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits) S: * OK linux.kolkatainfoservices.in Cyrus IMAP4 v2.2.12 server ready C: C01 CAPABILITY S: * CAPABILITY IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 ACL QUOTA LITERAL+ MAILBOX-REFERRALS NAMESPACE UIDPLUS ID NO_ATOMIC_RENAME UNSELECT CHILDREN MULTIAPPEND BINARY SORT THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THREAD=REFERENCES ANNOTATEMORE IDLE AUTH=LOGIN AUTH=PLAIN SASL-IR X-NETSCAPE S: C01 OK Completed failure: STARTTLS not supported by the server! ------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html