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"Connection reset by peer" error when trying to connect to Imap server

Apr 06 '17 at 08:11

What does the error message below mean?

  Connect_Imap:
DllDate: Jan 24 2017
ChilkatVersion: 9.5.0.66
UnlockPrefix: xxx
Architecture: Little Endian; 32-bit
Language: MAC OS X C/C++
VerboseLogging: 0
Component successfully unlocked using purchased unlock code.
connectInner:
  connectToImapServer:
    hostname: mail.xxx.com
    port: 993
    socket2Connect:
      connect2:
        connectImplicitSsl:
          clientHandshake:
            clientHandshake2:
              readHandshakeMessages:
                errno: 54
                osErrorMessage: Connection reset by peer
                numBytesRequested: 5
                Failed to receive data on the TCP socket
                sockRecv: Socket fatal error.
                Failed to read beginning of SSL/TLS record.
                b: 0
                dbSize: 0
                nReadNBytes: 0
              --readHandshakeMessages
            --clientHandshake2
          --clientHandshake
          Client handshake failed. (3)
        --connectImplicitSsl
        ConnectFailReason: 103
      --connect2
    --socket2Connect
    failReason: 0
  --connectToImapServer
  connect failed.
--connectInner
Failed.

--Connect_Imap --ChilkatLog

Xojo 2016r41, Mac OS 10.11.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Regards

Beatrix Willius

http://www.mothsoftware.com Mail Archiver X: The email archiving solution for professionals

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Answer

Hi Beatrix,

It's difficult to know. If you can send me a private email with the domain name or IP address, I can test it. (I don't need an IMAP login, I only need to attempt to establish the TLS connection with the server.)