TLS vs STARTTLS // SPARK

[eddowding]

I'm trying to connect to email from Spark (mac mail client)

It was working and then stopped on 19th May. Now I can't get it to connect at at all. Rainloop works.

Spark says 'A stable connection to the server could not be established.'

Incoming mail only lets me use "SSL" or "starttls" but your instuctions want TLS for inbound. Is that very strict? Which mail clients work that way?

(Alternatively, and I know this is contentious.., are there ANY ways I can connect into gmail? I really really would like that.)

[girish]

@eddowding I tried on Android, it seems it doesn't detect the mail server automatically. Filling the mail sever manually to "my.xxx" makes it work.

[eddowding]

@girish Thanks - I have that set and still getting the same result as before

[eddowding]

[eddowding]

[nebulon]

@eddowding for IMAP and port 993 the Protection setting should be SSL I assume.

[eddowding]

If anyone else finds this, the problem was in cloudflare, which was proxying the record.

Turned it off, and bingo: works a treat.

[girish]

@eddowding ah, great you managed to figure this out. indeed, cloudflare can only proxy http(s) and not email.