On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 10:51:21PM +1100, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > Marc Haber wrote: > > How does your exim reply when you telnet to localhost 465? Does it > > show a clear text SMTP banner? > > www:/tmp# telnet localhost 465 > Trying 127.0.0.1... > Connected to localhost. > Escape character is '^]'. > Connection closed by foreign host. > > > [had to press ctrl-c to get the last line]
Ok, that looks like your exim is indeed doing smtp-over-SSL on tcp/465. > > Please let's find out whether Incredimail does really really use SMTP > > over SSL. On your exim server, run > > > > $ echo "220 " | socat TCP4-LISTEN:4465 - > > > > and configure incredimail to use "Outgoing 4465 with SSL". Then try > > sending a message. > > > > When you see a cleartext "EHLO something" on the socat shell, > > Incredimail is trying to do ESMTP STARTTLS, which will need a > > differently configured exim than Outlook Express does. > > > www:/tmp# echo "220 " | socat TCP4-LISTEN:4465 - > L3 > À @dbcÎêÕ¢ÅETݳܺÔPuTTYwww:/tmp# PuTTY I am rather confused by the PuTTY string here. But it surely doesn't look like cleartext SMTP. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

