[Bug 105736] Re: mutt - TLS packet with unexpected length

[Bill Duetschler]

Of course if you change "imaps" to "imap" in .muttrc it will appear to
fix the problem, because you will no longer be using GNU TLS but will be
transmitting all information (including your password!) in plaintext.
So yes this will make the problem "go away" but it is not a solution.

mutt with GNU TLS appears to work correctly in Precise and Quantal, now.
Not sure what changed.

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Title:
  mutt - TLS packet with unexpected length

Status in Gnutls - GNU Transport Layer Security Library:
  Confirmed
Status in “gnutls13” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “gnutls26” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  http://www.mail-archive.com/mutt-users@mutt.org/msg32520.html

  I use mutt on Feisty (ubuntu). When connecting to gmail using pops,
  mutt connects to the server and asks my password. After I enter it, I
  see the following error message:

  tls_socket_read (A TLS packet with unexpected length was received.)

  
  I googled a bit and saw that it is GNUTLS which causes the problem and rebuilding mutt with openssl solves the problem. Is there any way other than building mutt from source?


  I have replicated this in the most current fiesty version of mutt
  (1.5.13-1ubuntu1).

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