Hi all, i try to connect to the gmail imap service, but after the connection has been set up the server responds to nothing. Is there a way to investigate this further? I use this command line: openssl s_client -connect imap.gmail.com:993 After connection you should be able to type a command and the server should response with an error or an OK message. On every valid command the server stays sitting there doing nothing but keeping the line up. You only receive a reply when you type a wrong command to start with. After that there is nothing but silence..... Example: after connecting type: A1 LOGIN johndoe at gmail.com JohnsPassword This will result in silence.... Disconnect with Ctrl-C en reconnect with the same line. Then type NOTACOMMAND and you will receive: * BAD invalid tag SomeRandomNumber after this you can enter what you want the answer will be: silence... Please give me a hint how to investigate this further.... Kind regards Henrie