Rob Brenart wrote:
exim4 as TLS/SSL client
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Both exim4-daemon-heavy and exim4-daemon-light support TLS/SSL using the
GnuTLS library and exim will use TLS *automatically* as client if the
server exim connects to offers it. You can stop reading now if you are
not setting up a mailserver which needs to offer TLS for incoming
connections.
That's referring to standard TLS, which is served on port 25 (or 567 for
message submission), and negotiated post-connection. tls_on_connect,
which Outlook and Thunderbird refer to as "SSL", is a non-standard hack
invented by Microsoft and traditionally served on port 465. Exim
supports tls_on_connect as a server only, but not as a client.
You should file a debian bug to have that documentation clarified.
- Marc
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