On Tue 17 Mar 2015 at 00:30:38 -0500, David Wright wrote: > Quoting Gary Dale (garyd...@torfree.net): > > OK, following the doc at http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/mail.htm, I > > could enter: > > HELO <my domain> > > I always use EHLO but have no idea if it makes a difference.
EHLO allows the client to discover whether the server supports ESMTP. If it does not it will revert to HELO behaviour. > > MAIL FROM <account>@<mydomain> > > > > but things get interesting when I enter the rcpt to: > > > > RCPT TO: g...@extremeground.com > > Shouldn't that be in <> according to rfc2821? Probably best to put them in, although there are servers which are not too picky. Leaving off <> often gets an error message. > > RENEGOTIATING > > depth=2 C = US, ST = New Jersey, L = Jersey City, O = The USERTRUST > > Network, CN = USERTrust RSA Certification Authority > > verify error:num=20:unable to get local issuer certificate > > verify return:0 > > > > After that, I can't enter DATA. It says 503 valid RCPT command must > > precede DATA > > Yes, until you see a 250 from RCPT TO: it hasn't been accepted. > > > I've tried a few different RCPT TO: addresses but I get the same > > result. Also tried using the ISP's mail server's domain in the HELO > > with the same results. > > > > I tried creating a local certificate and updating the > > exim4.conf.template with MAIN_TLS_ENABLE = yes but that didn't help > > either. > > I don't think those verify items above are necessarily a problem in > themselves. > Your sequence of commands (with the changes I suggested) worked for me. They can work for me too. But only when I'm on the same network as the server. Then I suppose I'm trusted. I hope the OP is diligently reading all the mails on -user. A couple today in https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/03/msg00645.html might interest him. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/17032015114224.94ae556ae...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk