can't send an email...getting 'SSL handshake failed'...all my seetings are correct....looks like an SSL certifcate its looking for but where/how?

@328gts

Claws-Mail uses the gnutls 2.12.24 library for SSL/TLS. It searches for cert files like this:

* If the variable "Cygnix/SSL_CERT_FILE" is set to a cert collection file, it uses this file (path must be unix style).

* If the variable is not set, it takes the file "Cygnix:CygnixPPC/gtk2.24/share/curl/curl-ca-bundle.crt" or "Cygnix:CygnixPPC/share/curl/curl-ca-bundle.crt". A file "Cygnix:CygnixPPC/share/curl/curl-ca-bundle.crt" is provided with the AmiCygnix base package V1.5.

Maybe it helps to replace the file with a newer one.
But I guess, that you a need newer version of gnutls. Current version is 3.6.13. If a cert file is too old, Claws-Mail asks for a permission to use the received cert and stores it in the settings (see menu "Extras").

My port of gnutls will be updated in the next AmiCygnix release.

@cygnusEd

thanks for the quick repsonse Ed! seems problem is I don't have curl when I checked the folders you notd above??? Reinstalling latest AmiCygnix Update now...

update:
reinstalled and still no 'curl' folder? No idea what happened as I was sending emails out with Sylpheed ?

@328gts

Sylpheed uses OpenSSL 0.98d. It's funny, that this outdated version works and the more current gnutls 2.12 not. I think gnutls uses a higher level TLS and old OpenSSL falls back to simple SSL - but I don't know exactly.

Looked again into the base package and into a test installation: The curl cert file is there! Maybe your archive is corrupt? Please check again for "curl-ca-bundle.crt" in "Cygnix:CygnixPPC/share/curl".

There is a TLS client included in the base package called "gnutls-cli". With this tool you can see what happens while creating your SSL/TLS connection and also send and receive data.

Open an amiga shell and type:

gnutls-cli hostname:995 (Maybe you have an other port number.)

There is also a second command for debugging:

gnutls-cli-debug hostname:995