[MlMt] server is lost; disconnects; fails

[Randall Gellens]

On 26 May 2026, at 15:14, Tracy wrote:

> hello again.  Yes I did quit the list, but signed back up because I 
> found the issue and did not want to leave the issue hanging.
>
> This took me forever to figure out, but setting up IMAP on port 993 
> with TLS/SSL will continually drop the connection, if it ever connects 
> in the first place. DH  (Dreamhost) uses STARTTLS, and setting the 
> port to 993 forces the client to start connecting in encrypted mode. 
> So to begin a connection one needs to choose port 143 instead. That 
> will instigate a negotiation through to STARTTLS, as the DH wiki 
> notes. The DH main email documentation says that the correct setting 
> is 993. That setting will FAIL . For email to connect the correct 
> setting is incoming IMAP on port 143 with Use TLS/SSL checked.
>
> Just FYI.
>
> Thanks again for all the help.
>
> Tracy_______________________________________________

When you were using port 993 with TLS and it kept disconnecting, did 
MailMate ever download any mail?

--Randall