[Bug 96447] Re: https is broken for some

Desmond Lee dmlee at igs.net
Tue Apr 17 16:39:01 UTC 2007


The bug is not a firefox bug - it's a more fundamental one 
because it can be reproduced by running poplib.py with
the same result : the connection times out.

To save you the tedious business of looking it up, have
reproduced the business end of poplib. py with some comments added :

if __name__ == "__main__":
    import sys
    a = POP3(sys.argv[1])     # give the ip address or server name
    print a.getwelcome()
    a.user(sys.argv[2])       # give your email logon id
    a.pass_(sys.argv[3])      # give your password
    a.list()
    (numMsgs, totalSize) = a.stat()        # poplib will list all
    for i in range(1, numMsgs + 1):        # the messages waiting 
        (header, msg, octets) = a.retr(i)  # for you and display
        print "Message %d:" % i            # each one, leaving it
        for line in msg:                      # on the server. 
            print '   ' + line
        print '-----------------------'
    a.quit()

Have tested with python 2.5 on XP, using my two email accounts

python poplib.py   mail.ncf.ca   fa839   passwd
python poplib.py   134.117.136.37 fa839  passwd
and
python poplib.py   mailbox.ott.igs.net   dmlee   passwd
python poplib.py   209.197.142.120   dmlee  passwd

and it all works well on XP.  Fails with connection timed out
message on Ubuntu 6.06 using poplib.py from python 2.4 on the
Ubuntu machine : (socket error :('Connection timed out') 

Also cannot connect to ANY https site using
Firefox 2.0.0.3 or to my email pop servers (mail.ncf.ca and
mailbox.ott.igs.net) using Evolution or Sylpheed on Ubuntu
6.06

Is this an ssh bug, then ?  Hope this helps.

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https is broken for some
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