Error implementing Strato Email

Infos:

  • Used Zammad version: Latest
  • Used Zammad installation type: Source
  • Operating system: Ubuntu 20.04
  • Browser + version: Firefox latest

Expected behavior:

  • Adding in EMail via Google, Outlook etc functions flawlessly.

Actual behavior:

  • Implementing Email via 2Strato" isn’t working (timeout, idle for to long)

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  • I tried to add my “Strato” Email given by the company, which doesn’t work. I controlled the domain, password and ports several times, but after i finish editing the expert mode the message “Error, idle for to long” shows up. Adding in Email via other provided is working properly.

Did you try telnetting (or with openssl s_client -connect if SSL) to the POP/IMAP host from the server, in a ssh session?

I did and the following happened.

openssl s_client -host imap.strato.de -port 993 -crlf
CONNECTED(00000003)
depth=2 C = DE, O = T-Systems Enterprise Services GmbH, OU = T-Systems Trust Center, CN = T-TeleSec GlobalRoot Class 2
verify return:1
depth=1 C = DE, O = T-Systems International GmbH, OU = T-Systems Trust Center, ST = Nordrhein Westfalen, postalCode = 57250, L = Netphen, street = Untere Industriestr. 20, CN = TeleSec ServerPass Class 2 CA
verify return:1
depth=0 C = DE, O = Strato AG, OU = Rechenzentrum, ST = Berlin, L = Berlin, CN = imap.strato.de
verify return:1

Certificate chain
0 s:C = DE, O = Strato AG, OU = Rechenzentrum, ST = Berlin, L = Berlin, CN = imap.strato.de
i:C = DE, O = T-Systems International GmbH, OU = T-Systems Trust Center, ST = Nordrhein Westfalen, postalCode = 57250, L = Netphen, street = Untere Industriestr. 20, CN = TeleSec ServerPass Class 2 CA
1 s:C = DE, O = T-Systems International GmbH, OU = T-Systems Trust Center, ST = Nordrhein Westfalen, postalCode = 57250, L = Netphen, street = Untere Industriestr. 20, CN = TeleSec ServerPass Class 2 CA
i:C = DE, O = T-Systems Enterprise Services GmbH, OU = T-Systems Trust Center, CN = T-TeleSec GlobalRoot Class 2

Server certificate
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-----END CERTIFICATE-----
subject=C = DE, O = Strato AG, OU = Rechenzentrum, ST = Berlin, L = Berlin, CN = imap.strato.de

issuer=C = DE, O = T-Systems International GmbH, OU = T-Systems Trust Center, ST = Nordrhein Westfalen, postalCode = 57250, L = Netphen, street = Untere Industriestr. 20, CN = TeleSec ServerPass Class 2 CA


No client certificate CA names sent
Peer signing digest: SHA256
Peer signature type: RSA-PSS
Server Temp Key: X25519, 253 bits

SSL handshake has read 4290 bytes and written 386 bytes
Verification: OK

New, TLSv1.3, Cipher is TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
Server public key is 2048 bit
Secure Renegotiation IS NOT supported
Compression: NONE
Expansion: NONE
No ALPN negotiated
Early data was not sent
Verify return code: 0 (ok)

  • OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN AUTH=CRAM-MD5 AUTH=DIGEST-MD5 CHILDREN ENABLE I18NLEVEL=2 ID IDLE MOVE MULTIAPPEND NAMESPACE QUOTA SORT STATUS=SIZE UIDPLUS UNSELECT WITHIN XLIST] IMAP server ready (P19 TLSv1.3:TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384)
  • BYE Autologout; idle for too long

Please provide exact error messages.
It’s really difficult to help you other wise.

Possibly updating to Zammad 5.1 (“latest”) does the trick as it allows you to explicitly state the to use SSL type.


I installed it freshly today on an ubuntu server 20.04 and can’t see the “idle for too long” message anymore, but it shows, that the host isn’t reachable which isn’t the case. Hope the Screenshots make it a bit more clear.

Zammad has zero issues with Strato. We have dozens customers on Strato and others.
The error you receive is a direct message that appears due to whatever issue.

Zammad cannot communicate with the mail server in question. This can have several reasons, most likely is caused by proxies or firewall issues. This is not a Zammad specific issue.

did you check your firewall for blocking connections?

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