Hello, the chapter »Support for the legacy "ssmtp" (aka "smtps") protocol« currently only talks about incoming (-tls-on-connect) suuport but not the recently added outgoing support.
Find attached a simple patch to fix this. cu andreas -- `What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are so grateful to you.' `I sew his ears on from time to time, sure'
diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt index 670921a..d4641cd 100644 --- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt +++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt @@ -24423,7 +24423,8 @@ defined elsewhere. There is also a &%-tls-on-connect%& command line option. This overrides &%tls_on_connect_ports%&; it forces the legacy behaviour for all ports. - +Exim also supports connecting to servers which only offer the legacy protocol +by setting the &%protocol%& option of the smtp transport to &"smtps"&.
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