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Unable to connect to Mailbox via Roundcube webmail or any email client via IMAP if Plesk Premium Email is installed: Connection failed

 
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Symptoms

  • Plesk Obsidian running on a Linux-based operating system
  • The Plesk Premium Email extension is installed (it does not matter if it is enabled or disabled as an Extension)
  • Unable to connect to Mailbox via Roundcube webmail, while the following error appears:

    Connection to IMAP failed

  • Errors that are similar to the following can be found in the Guam service log by running the journalctl -uguam command:

    Mar 11 15:45:43 example.com guam[694]: 14:45:43.785 [warning] TLS handshake failed with a tls_alert: {insufficient_security,"TLS server: In state hello at tls_handshake.erl:314 generated SERVER ALERT: Fatal - Insufficient Securityn no_suitable_ciphers"}
    Mar 11 15:45:44 example.com guam[694]: 14:45:44.053 [error] gen_server <0.31142.8> terminated with reason: no match of right hand value {error,{tls_alert,{insufficient_security,"TLS server: In state hello at tls_handshake.erl:314 generated SERVER ALERT: Fatal - Insufficient Securityn no_suitable_ciphers"}}} in kolab_guam_session:start_client_tls/4 line 400
    Apr 13 11:01:36 example.com guam[313457]: 11:01:36.142 [error] gen_fsm <0.563.0> in state disconnected terminated with reason: no match of right hand value {{error,closed},true,<0.563.0>,{[],[]}} in eimap:disconnected/2 line 140
    Apr 13 11:01:36 example.com guam[313457]: 11:01:36.142 [error] CRASH REPORT Process <0.563.0> with 0 neighbours exited with reason: no match of right hand value {{error,closed},true,<0.563.0>,{[],[]}} in eimap:disconnected/2 line 140 in gen_fsm:terminate/8 line 623

  • Many errors that are similar to the following can be found in the /var/log/guam/console.log:

    2022-07-16 00:34:13.262 [error] <0.20002.218> SSL: certify: ssl_alert.erl:93:Fatal error: certificate unknown
    2022-07-16 00:34:13.262 [warning] <0.18160.218>@kolab_guam_session:accept_client:187 TLS handshake failed with a tls_alert: "certificate unknown"
    2022-07-16 00:34:13.287 [error] <0.18725.218> SSL: certify: ssl_alert.erl:93:Fatal error: certificate unknown
    2022-07-16 00:34:13.287 [warning] <0.19394.218>@kolab_guam_session:accept_client:187 TLS handshake failed with a tls_alert: "certificate unknown"

  • Unable to check the IMAP certificate on port 993 (the check may work fine on the POP3 port 995), TLSv1.2 protocol is used, but the Cipher is returned as 0000:

    # [root@server ~]# openssl s_client -showcerts -connect mail.example.com:993 -servername mail.example.com
    CONNECTED(00000003)
    139836725192592:error:140790E5:SSL routines:ssl23_write:ssl handshake failure:s23_lib.c:177:
    ---
    no peer certificate available
    ---
    No client certificate CA names sent
    ---
    SSL handshake has read 0 bytes and written 314 bytes
    ---
    New, (NONE), Cipher is (NONE)
    Secure Renegotiation IS NOT supported
    Compression: NONE
    Expansion: NONE
    No ALPN negotiated
    SSL-Session:
    Protocol : TLSv1.2
    Cipher : 0000
    Session-ID:
    Session-ID-ctx:
    Master-Key:
    Key-Arg : None
    Krb5 Principal: None
    PSK identity: None
    PSK identity hint: None
    Start Time: 1722342657
    Timeout : 300 (sec)
    Verify return code: 0 (ok)
    ---

  • Unable to check the IMAP certificate on port 993 (the check may work fine on the POP3 port 995), TLSv1.3 protocol is used, but the Cipher is returned as 0000:

    # % openssl s_client -crlf -connect example.com:993
    CONNECTED(00000005)
    read:errno=0
    ---
    no peer certificate available
    ---
    No client certificate CA names sent
    ---
    SSL handshake has read 0 bytes and written 287 bytes
    ---
    New, (NONE), Cipher is (NONE)
    Secure Renegotiation IS NOT supported
    Compression: NONE
    Expansion: NONE
    No ALPN negotiated
    SSL-Session:
    Protocol : TLSv1.3
    Cipher : 0000
    Session-ID:
    Session-ID-ctx:
    Master-Key:
    Start Time: 1681374915
    Timeout : 7200 (sec)
    Verify return code: 0 (ok)
    ---

Cause

The Ciphers, mentioned in /etc/guam/sys.config configuration file of the Plesk Premium Email…

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