[stunnel-users] Can't connect to Yahoo POP3

Fri May 15 21:55:55 CEST 2009

Gary Kuznitz wrote:
>>> How can I get a god certificate for Stunnel to use?
>>> How would I set that up in Stunnel?
>> You don't really need a certificate for an SSL client.  Just  
>> disable it.
> How can I disable it?

Change:
cert = stunnel.pem
to:
; cert = stunnel.pem

>> You rather want to setup server certificate verification with  
>> "CAfile"
>> and "verify".
> I have un-commented:
> CAfile = certs.pem
> verify = 2

You need verify=3.

Do not just uncomment options.  Please Read The Fine Manual, first.

> That gave me an error:
> 2009.05.15 12:38:13 LOG3[16278859:16279139]: Error loading verify  
> certificates
> from certs.pem

Did you download yahoo certificate into certs.pem?

Hint: You can use openssl s_client to download the remote certificate.

Mike