[plt-scheme] Re: email using ssl

On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 05:44:30AM +0800, Matthew Flatt wrote:
> At Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:26:54 -0800 (PST), geb a wrote:
> > I've found this code snippet in the archives because
> > I've been tackling a similar problem with our school's
> > email system and I was wondering if this issue might
> > have been addressed and I've somehow overlooked it.
> 
> The follow-up
> 
>  http://list.cs.brown.edu/pipermail/plt-scheme/2006-August/014479.html
> 
> is still true: although implementing TLS looks easy to me, no one has
> actually implemented it in "smtp.ss".

It's pretty straightforward.  Just need to do the following IIRC:
  * Issue an EHLO (I notice that smtp-unit.ss already does)
  * Check to see if the returned list of commands includes STARTTLS
  * Issue a STARTTLS
  * Check the reply code (220)
  * Switch over to TLS (which is just SSLv3 standardized in RFC form)
    and carry on as normal.

> Patches to "smtp.ss" are welcome. :)

I may see about trying my hand at it and getting you such a patch.

Stevie