getmailrc: socket error ([SSL: WRONG_VERSION_NUMBER] wrong version number (_ssl.c:727))

[Bill Yikes]

In attempt to retrieve messages from onionmail.info using Getmail 5.13, this output results:

getmailrc: socket error ([SSL: WRONG_VERSION_NUMBER] wrong version number (_ssl.c:727))

The CLI command is "torsocks getmail" and this is the relevant stanza in getmailrc:

[retriever]
type=SimplePOP3SSLRetriever
server=ndo2plzaruzxk6sb.onion
port=110
username=bill
password=dogsname

When searching around, this error seems to be triggered in other Python apps as well.

[Bill Yikes (yik3s)]

I should also mention that I'm using a debian-based OS but not Ubuntu. I'm posting this report here because there seems to be no upstream bug tracker and Charles Cazabon has concealed the email address for use on the getmail project well.

[Bill Yikes (yik3s)]

And in case anyone finds "port=110" suspicious, well, it's not a typo. The mail server strangely expects port 110 to be used and also mandates use of SSL (which is not theoretically necessary on Tor but that's their deal). It works in fetchmail.

[Bill Yikes (yik3s)]

I noticed that cURL gives a "wrong ssl version" type of error when the scheme of an URL is "smtps://"; fixed by removing the 2nd "s", giving "smtp://" (even though it's still an SSL connection). It's bizarre.

Perhaps it's a long shot, but if getmail is in some way internally forming an URL scheme of "pop3s://", it might be worth a look particularly if cURL libs are used.