Re: Clarification about Rmail over SSL

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: BP25 <bp25@riseup.net>
> Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 20:32:46 +0100
> 
> The manual says:
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> Mailutils movemail supports TLS encryption. If you wish to use it, add
> the ‘--tls’ flag to rmail-movemail-flags.
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> But then what's the difference with setting pop3-stream-type to 'ssl ,
> or even simply using the remote mailbox url pops:// ?

Are you using pop3.el for fetching email?  Or are you using the
'movemail' program (from Mailutils, I presume)?  I think
pop3-stream-type is only relevant if you use pop3.el.