On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:27:31 -0500, Marc Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Rob Brenart wrote: >> >> exim4 as TLS/SSL client >> ------ >> 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.
Not necessary. The text in question has been change to: | Both exim4-daemon-heavy and exim4-daemon-light support TLS/SSL | using the GnuTLS library and STARTTLS. Exim will use TLS | via STARTTLS <emphasis>automatically</emphasis> as client if | the server exim connects to offers it. TLS on connect is not | natively supported. You can stop reading now if you are not | setting up a mailserver which needs to offer TLS for incoming | connections. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834 -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
