Hi I am using Outlook express on both machines and the default when I configure the SSL service is for the port (25) to remain the same I was only vaguely aware that there were other ports that could/should be used
Regards Hill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Wilde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Hill Ruyter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 5:11 PM Subject: Re: [exim] SSL Anomoly? or config error? > Hill Ruyter wrote: >> Hi >> >> I have a strange situation with regards to SSL on my server >> >> It is probably a configuration issue but I cannot see where >> >> >> If I send e-mail (using outlook express) from a machine on the same >> subnet >> as the server >> I get an error telling me that SSL is not supported and I have had to >> configure the two clients without SSL for SMTP >> >> However I have just checked remotely and from a client elsewhere on the >> net >> I can successfully send e-mail with SSH configured for SMTP > > Is the remote client also using Outlook Express, or a different MUA? > Outlook Express (at least in prior versions) can only do SSL via an > SMTPS port, the default being 465. To get Exim to listen on 465 for > SMTPS in addition to the normal port 25 you would need configuration > lines like: > > daemon_smtp_ports = 25 : 465 > tls_on_connect_ports = 465 > > Local vs. non-local shouldn't make any difference here, so I'm guessing > that the remote client wasn't OE, but something more "sane" that can > understand the more modern STARTTLS method of doing secured SMTP. > > Regards, > Tim Wilde > > -- > ## 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/ > -- ## 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/
