Re:sendmail patch for smtps (SSL-SMTP)?

[Enzo Michelangeli]

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>No, just installing an SSL wrapper/port redirector in front of SMTP will not
>work. Unlike pops and imaps, smtps involves more than just wrapping SMTP in
>SSL and running the service on a new port.

Actually, the "simple wrapping" has been deprecated also for POP3 and IMAP, 
essentially to save port numbers and simplify the firewall setup. There are IETF 
drafts about using the "STARTTLS" mechanism also for those protocols: they can be 
found  searching the draft  pages at www.ietf.org .

Enzo