[NMLUG] Command-line POP3S client for gmail?

[kelly.terry.jones at gmail.com (Kelly Jones)]

Thanks, Anthony. Creating a one-line shell script:

#!/bin/sh
/usr/bin/openssl s_client -quiet -connect pop.gmail.com:995 2>/dev/null

and pointing xinetd.conf to it did the trick.

On 11/23/06, Anthony Martinez <pi at pihost.us> wrote:
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> Kelly Jones wrote:
> > OK, I added this to xinetd.conf and restarted xinetd:
> >
> > # testing ssl client to gmail pop3s
> > service pop3
> > {
> > disable = no
> > socket_type = stream
> > wait = no
> > user = user
> > server = /usr/bin/openssl
> > server_args = s_client -quiet -connect pop.gmail.com:995
> > only_from = 127.0.0.1
> > }
> >
>
> That looks good.
>
> > I then did "telnet localhost pop3" and got this:
> >
> >> telnet localhost 110
> > Trying 127.0.0.1...
> > Connected to localhost.
> > Escape character is '^]'.
> > depth=0 /C=US/ST=California/L=Mountain View/O=Google
> > Inc./CN=pop.gmail.com <http://pop.gmail.com>
> > verify error:num=20:unable to get local issuer certificate
> > verify return:1
> > depth=0 /C=US/ST=California/L=Mountain View/O=Google
> > Inc./CN=pop.gmail.com <http://pop.gmail.com>
> > verify error:num=27:certificate not trusted
> > verify return:1
> > depth=0 /C=US/ST=California/L=Mountain View/O=Google
> > Inc./CN=pop.gmail.com <http://pop.gmail.com>
> > verify error:num=21:unable to verify the first certificate
> > verify return:1
> > +OK Gpop ready for requests from [...] 33pf2818677wra
> > QUIT
> > +OK Bye 33pf2818677wra
> > read:errno=0
> > Connection closed by foreign host.
> >
>
> That, on the other hand, doesn't look so good.
>
> I don't think that redirections will work as stated. As a next step, try
> something horribly gross like this:
>
> service pop3
> {
> disable = no
> socket_type = stream
> wait = no
> user = user
> server = /bin/sh
> server_args = -c "/usr/bin/openssl s_client -quiet -connect pop.gmail.com:995
> 2>/dev/null"
> only_from = 127.0.0.1
> }
>
>
> > All the verify garbage (which is s_client's stderr, not stdout)
> > confuses popclient. How do I get rid of it? I tried "-verify 0" and
> > even "2> /dev/null" on the server_args line, didn't help.
> >
> >
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