[arch-general] SSL I/O error with gmail

[Arno Gaboury]

On 13/08/12||01:28, Aurko Roy wrote:
>    On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 1:18 AM, Arno Gaboury
>    <[1]arnaud.gaboury at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>    On 12/08/12||20:26, jsteel wrote:
>    > On 2 August 2012 16:40, Aurko Roy <[2]roy.aurko at gmail.com> wrote:
>    > > I am trying to get my gmail to work with mutt but keep
>    > > getting this error: "SSL failed: I/O error".
>    >
>    > > Does anybody have a clue what could be the
>    > > problem?
>    >
>    > What does your muttrc look like? This works for me:
>    >
>    > set imap_user=your-username
>    > set imap_pass=your-password
>    > set folder=imaps://[3]imap.gmail.com/
>    > set spoolfile  = +INBOX
>    > mailboxes = +INBOX
>    > set header_cache = ~/.mutt/hcache
>    > set postponed = +[Gmail]/Drafts
>    > unset imap_passive
>    > set imap_keepalive = 300
>    > set mail_check = 120
>    > set sort=threads
>    >
>    > jsteel
> 
>      Are you sure to use the correct certificate? Gmail ask for a
>      specific
>      certificate to allow connection, and this should be specified in one
>      of
>      your config file with the <cert_fingerprint> variable.
> 
>    I have the Thawte's certificates (Thawte_Premium_Server_CA.pem,
> 
>                               Thawte_Server_CA.pem) in my /etc/ssl/certs/.
>    Do I need some other certificates to connect? I am not aware of the
>    <cert_fingerprint> variable in the config file. Could you elaborate
>    more on that?
> 
>    Thanks.
>    --
>    Aurko Roy
>    GPG key: 0x20C5BC31
>    Fingerprint:76B4 9677 15BE 731D 1949  85BA 2A31 B442 20C5 BC31
> 
> References
> 
>    1. mailto:arnaud.gaboury at gmail.com
>    2. mailto:roy.aurko at gmail.com
>    3. http://imap.gmail.com/

I use offlineimap to fetch my mails from the gmail account. In its
~/offlineimaprc, I need to set this variable:
cert_fingerprint=<here is your Thawte_Server fingerprint>. Not sure this
is needed if you use Mutt IMAP built-in facilities.