[not really necessary] Clawsmail Upgrade

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Hi,

is there a plan to update/upgrade clawsmail?

I am experiencing problems and was told to try the new version (3.10.x), as the one in Salix (3.9.2) is almost 1 year old.
I do not necessarily have a problem with packages not having the newest version, as long as they do their job I can live
with "old" packages.

But in this case...how can I get a newer version (I am not a packager)?

Thanks

[gapan]

What are the problems you're experiencing?

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Hi Gapan,

SSL/STARTTLS authentication problems when trying to access the smtp server at GMX.

Details (in german) see here: http://forum.salixos.org/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=6096

In short, I receive alsways the error "553 authetication credentials invalid" when accessing the smtp server "mail.gmx.net".

The guys at Claws Mail told me to check and change settings, but regardless what I change, it does not work.
Further they asked why I am still using such on "old" release and why I dont switch to a new release.

However it seems more like "poking in the fog" rather than having a clue what is going on...

So, that is the story behind.

Thanks for picking it up.

[gapan]

You can try a newer version, but I doubt that would help. Did the developers say they changed anything in the SSL/STARTTLS authentication code in the mean time? It's very easy to make a package of the new version. Just

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cp /usr/src/claws-mail-3.9.2/SLKBUILD ./
vi SLKBUILD

and edit the "version" line to point to the new one, then

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fakeroot slkbuild -X

wait a while and when it's finished you should have a new package in the same directory.

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Hi Gapan,

No, there is no info on a change in that area, so I doubt a new version would help.

Thanks for the upgrade routine.
Maybe I will give it a try...

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Hi Gapan,


seems with the corrected settings (as suggested in the thread in the German section) it all runs fine again.

I will keep in mind your instruction re upgrade.

Thanks