On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 09:06:48 +0100, Heiko Schlittermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >David Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (So 08 Jan 2006 23:25:43 CET): >> I have configured SMTP auth and TLS on my server (as per some articles I >> found somewhere) so I can now tell Thunderbird to use my Exim4 server as >> the sending SMTP server with a username/password. It did work initially, >> but for long periods it seems to fail when I send an email. I tried >> telneting to port 25 to see what is going on, and it responds to my EHLO >> but when I type STARTTLS it just does nothing. Eventually Thunderbird >> seems to timeout and gives an error about the server being down. > >Missing entropy? > >Just to test it: (re)move /dev/random and symlink >/dev/urandom as /dev/random.
A better test on Linux would be to check the entropy pool itself, cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail. Also I'd like to know which OS/Distribution the OP is using. 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/
