Messenger Pro 7 SSL connection - howto?

Hello,
i’ve recently bought Messenger Pro 7 to also transfer my communication needs over to ROS. But i have a problem in getting IMAP/SMTP over SSL to work. IMAP/SMTP without SSL works as expected.

Questions that arised:

1. Where to initially enter the username used to authenticate? From what i’ve found out using the debug logs of a quickly set up dovecot imap server on Linux, it’s in the Dialogue “Messenger Installation”, the “Login Name”. But here’s the problem: This input field only lets you insert alphanumeric input, no dots or @-signs.
2. If i proceed with valid credentials (non-ssl imap server, plain alphanumeric username) and later edit the server settings to reflect the real ones needed, i always get the error message “Could not determine server”.

I am using Hotmail and used the following server settings (which work on a Linux box with Thunderbird):

IMAP: imap-mail.outlook.com
SMTP: smtp-mail.outlook.com

Also played around with the various SSL Settings (SSL on connect, always required, …) without any success.

Any hints?

Thanks,
Egon

I use the Secure-module inside MPro (in !RemoteNB). It is not automatical loaded and so the setting options in Hermetic are grey out. Load the module (first try via doubleclick) and change your settings and it shouldt work (my provider accept this).
Not sure what your problem is my Login name name@provider.de works.

I think you might be confusing the login name to the Messenger user account with the one for “Hermetic” (your actual mail transport).

Maybe, but
Quotes “… without SSL works as expected.”
:-(

Hi,
i got it working.

There were multiple issues:

1.) In the initial setup, the Username chosen is the same one which is used to log in to the server, but you can’t enter any special characters like @ or the dot. Google Mail’s login name is the same as your mail address so you need this characters. To get over it you have to set up using a non-ssl imap server which accepts your chosen user name/password. When this has been done and the login has been completed, Messenger let’s you modify the login name and server details. See (2).
2.) Use the following settings for Google Mail:

IMAP:
Server = imap.gmail.com:993
SSL/TLS = Activate SSL/TLS on connection

SMTP:
Server = smtp.gmail.com:465
SSL/TLS = Require SSL/TLS

Bye,
Egon