Re: [fetchmail] sslfingerprint not parsed correctly?

Jeremy M. Dolan <jmd(_at_)pobox(_dot_)com>:
> I am using stock Red Hat 7.2 fetchmail:
>
> % fetchmail --version
> This is fetchmail release 5.9.0+IMAP-GSS+NTLM+SSL+INET6+NLS
>
> I added 'ssl' to my options in fetchmailrc and was presently
> surprised to see everything work.
>
> I saw messages such as thing in my syslog:
>
> mail.attbi.com key fingerprint: 
> 1D:23:01:4A:5E:76:E2:F4:D2:41:F0:84:A6:A3:CF:A5
>
> So I figured I'd add the fingerprint to the rc for a little additional
> security. It doesn't seem to parse correctly though. When I use:
>
>   ssl sslproto tls1
>   sslfingerprint 1D:23:01:4A:5E:76:E2:F4:D2:41:F0:84:A6:A3:CF:A5
>
> I get:
>
> parse error at 23
>
> Which is the second hex byte. If I remove the colons, it parses, but
> then:
>
> mail.attbi.com fingerprints do not match!
>
> Man page seems to say I'm doing it right. Why won't it parse?
Try putting string quotes around the fingerprint.
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                <a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>