Secure IMAP broken in Leopard

Major troubles with secure IMAP and Leopard.
It won't allow me to access an IMAP account thru port 993 (despite selecting the proper port # and security check box.)
Each time it tries, it gives an error "Cannot connect" error, and takes the account offline. The connection doctor is unhelpful, telling me to check network connections, etc.
It has no trouble connecting insecurely/via port 143.
The cert on the server is valid, and Thunderbird has no such problems on the same machine.
Anyone have any clue? This seems like a legit bug in Leopard, and a frustrating one at that!

I'm using a Macbook connected via DVI-HDMI to a Samsung LE40M86. As mentioned I am unable to choose 1920x1080p, it only displays 1080i.
Though my Macbook detects the display as a Samsung so I guess that thing works.
Regarding the 1080p/i disfunctionality I did find a temporary fix on google but I cant find it any more. The guy clearly stated that it was working though not just displaying 1080p as an option.
Follow these steps and you shall be able to use 1080p via DVI-HDMI:
1. Enable the Display "button" in the menu bar (top right) under Settings (or some').
2. In Main(!) Resolution window set res to 1920x1080 (interlaced).
3. When done, switch to a lower res (a random one).
4. Change back to 1920x1080 (interlaced).
5. Check the Display "button" in menubar and you will see two 1920x1080 (If not jump to step 7), one of them is interlaced the other progressive.
6. Try them out, one should work.
7. If you're not seeing two 1920x1080, change "max no's of previous resolutions used" somewhere under Settings.
This worked for me, I think. Though I'd like a real Apple-ish fix.
Good Luck!
A sum up of my problem,
Leopard is not displaying 1920x1080 (progressive) as an option.

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JimKlimov wrote:
As much as I understand, this security stuff has long ago been such a problem that SMTP evolved several different ways of secure authentication. One is STARTTLS where a supporting SMTP server/relay and client can use enhanced commands on a normal SMTP port (tcp/25) to switch from plaintext to TLS-protected dialog on-the-fly (and use authentication after this step). Messaging server supports providing a SSL encrypted port (465) and also providing STARTTLS on a plain-text port (e.g. 25).
The quickest way to enable this is to run:
./msgcert generate-certDB
./imsimta cnbuild;./imsimta restartThis will generate a self-signed certificate (not appropriate for production usage but fine for testing). To verify that it is working perform the following steps:
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ehlo blah.comYou should see a line that says "250-STARTTLS".
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I believe (but may be wrong doing so) there may also be a way when the user password submission for SMTP authentication is cryptographically protected, but the rest of the dialog is in plaintext. (Basically, IIRC, one or a few lines are protected by sending a hash of the password instead of the plain or BASE64 password string).The mechanisms you refer to are all discussed here:
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-4428/bgbau?a=view
Note however that "To work, the CRAM-MD5, DIGEST-MD5, or APOP SASL authentication methods require access to the users plaintext passwords. ".
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