[Macpartners] Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" Update

[Carolyn Fuller]

Alex,

You have solved all my Tiger Mail.app problems! Many, many thanks!

I am able to send file attachments. I'm able to send large emails and  
I'm able to send Rick Text mail! I'll let the guy at Cornell know  
there is a workaround!

Thank you.

Carolyn

On Jun 23, 2005, at 4:23 PM, Alexandra Ellwood wrote:

>
> On Jun 23, 2005, at 3:38 PM, Albert Willis wrote:
>
>
>>
>> On Jun 23, 2005, at 1:32 PM, Carolyn Fuller wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Alexandra,
>>>
>>> I have SSL checked but Al suggested a few weeks ago that I switch  
>>> to Kerberos Version 4.
>>>
>>
>> Yes, I suggested using Kerberos for authentication in the context  
>> of using Mail on Mac OS X 10.3.9, since using SSL with Mail on  
>> 10.3.9 is broken and Kerberos authentication works.
>>
>>
>
> The SSL performance problems in 10.3.9 are with incoming mail  
> (IMAP) configurations, right?  As far as I know, MIT's production  
> IMAP servers don't support Kerberos 5 (GSSAPI) -- although the test  
> server PO15 does.  What I'm referring to are the "Outgoing Mail  
> Server" preferences (SMTP).  Outgoing.mit.edu (MIT's SMTP server)  
> does support Kerberos 5 authentication on port 587.
>
> In my experience, in the Tiger Mail.app "Outgoing Mail Server"  
> preferences if you have "Authentication" set to "Kerberos 5  
> (GSSAPI)" and "Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)" *unchecked*, then  
> random memory will be appended to outgoing mail messages longer  
> than 8192 bytes.  Checking the SSL checkbox changes what type of  
> encryption is used (SSL instead of GSSAPI) and causes the bug to  
> stop happening.
>
>
> --lxs
>
> Alexandra Ellwood <lxs at mit.edu>
> MIT Kerberos Development Team
> <http://mit.edu/lxs/www>
>
>
>


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Carolyn Fuller
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Information Services and Technology
Administrative Computing
Senior Analyst/Programmer
(617) 253-6213
http://fuller.mit.edu/