[JAMES-304] secure remote delivery opportunistically or even allow make TLS mandatory

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Abandoned
• Affects Version/s: 2.1.3
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0
• Component/s: Remote Delivery
• Environment: all - I use RH Linux 9
• Assignee: Robert Burrell Donkin
• Reporter: Ralf Hauser
• Created: 14/Jul/04 03:11
• Updated: 08/Jun/20 19:37
• Resolved: 08/Jun/20 19:37

Description

It would be great to have james at least opportunistically attempt to secure its user's outgoing mails with STARTTLS.

How would one do this?
1) first a delivery-host must be found that can do this:
--> see http://tlstest.sf.net
The ch/zhwin/tlstest/TLSTestAPI.java.canDomainTLS() can do this (in v1.2)
2) The real delivery still needs to be secured - unfortunately, so far, I only see a broken idea how to do this in http://www.portaljava.com/home/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=20492
anybody with better ideas (especially since there, they mess a lot with system-wide properties, so I am afraid that afterwards, the secure pop and smtp to MUA will no longer work)