[pkg-fetchmail-maint] Bug#400950: fetchmail: Ignores user name argument for imap-ssl

[Matthias Andree]

Matthias Andree <matthias.andree at gmx.de> writes:

> Jorgen Schaefer <forcer at debian.org> writes:
>
>> Package: fetchmail
>> Version: 6.3.6~rc3-1
>
>> I'm using fetchmail to get mails from an IMAP mailbox protected by SSL.
>> The configuration I use did not change at all, but since the last
>> upgrade, fetchmail gives an authentication error.
>
> Read the fine manual:
>
>        --sslcert <name>
>               (Keyword:  sslcert)  Specifies  the file name of the client side
>               public SSL certificate. [...]
>
>               NOTE: If you use client authentication, the user name is fetched
>               from the certificate's CommonName and  overrides  the  name  set
>               with --user.

This is since 6.3.5, I'm not sure if I have the time to fix that before
6.3.6, but indeed this overriding shouldn't take place.

-- 
Matthias Andree