Problem connecting to SMTP/IMAP server using SSL

[Julien]

Hi Michael,

Thanks for your reply. I did try port 993. I know that port generally
works for me, as I can access the Gmail IMAP/SMTP server using SSL. It
also works for that other Exchange server but only when the VPN is
turned on.

Somehow my iPhone works fine without a VPN, as long as it uses SSL. So
I'm really unsure why I can't achieve the same thing from my laptop
using imaplib.IMAP4_SSL() without the VPN turned on.

Thank you,

Julien

On Apr 2, 3:10 pm, Michael Hrivnak <mhriv... at hrivnak.org> wrote:
> That method uses the default port 993.  Can you connect to that port
> at all from your computer?  For example, try using a telnet client.
>
> Michael
>
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 1:39 AM, Julien <jpha... at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> > I'm able to connect to an Exchange server via SMTP and IMAP from my
> > iPhone using SSL and without using a VPN. So I would expect to be able
> > to do the same from my computer using Python.
>
> > However, the following hangs and times out on my computer when I'm not
> > connected to the VPN:
>
> >>>> import imaplib
> >>>> imap = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL("my.server.address")
>
> > If I am connected to the VPN, then it works fine.
>
> > Do you know why it won't work with SSL and without the VPN? Am I
> > missing something?
>
> > Thanks a lot,
>
> > Julien
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