PDW - email via SSL

[Discriminator]

Many SMTP servers only support secure SSL connections. Unfortunately, SSL is not supported by PDW. This results in an error message 'Must issue a STARTTLS command first'



Many users have requested to put SSL email functionality into PDW, but there's a different solution: stunnel.  stunnel provides an SSL connection between your PC and your provider's secure SMTP server.

Follow these steps to configure stunnel and PDW:

• Download the installer executable
• Run the installer executable
• Run stunnel
• stunnel comes preconfigured for smtp.gmail.com. For other providers, press 'Configuration - Edit Configuration' and change the line connect = smtp.gmail.com:465 with your provider's SMTP address and port. Save the configuration file and press 'Reload Configuration' from the Configuration menu.
• Configure PDW to use IP address 127.0.0.1, port 25. This is your own PC aka localhost
• Tick 'Enable Authentication and fill your username and password
• Press 'Test' to verify that everything works fine

[gfdfortynine]

I tried using stunnel because inbox quit working for a couple of days and gmail is blocking it. Anyone else having any success stunnel?

[VidarParry]

Thinking about trying this - any success stories using stunnel on XP?
Cheers
...Steve