[fetchmail]disable ssl cert check

Nerijus Baliunas nerijus@users.sourceforge.net
Wed, 5 Apr 2006 23:53:27 +0300


On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 09:27:03 +0100 Rob MacGregor <rob.macgregor@gmail.com>=
 wrote:

> As Matthias already said, disabling the sslcertck option makes a
> mockery of using SSL.

But, if sslcertck is specified (and when it is made default) ssl is disab=
led
with self signed certiificates, and passwords are transfered in clear tex=
t.
IMHO bad ssl is still better than clear text, no?

Regards,
Nerijus