Hi I have just successfully configured and tested connections on port 465 although this is from my remote machine (which worked on port 25 previously)
I will test the local when I get home and report Thanks for the tips Hill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 5:38 PM Subject: Re: [exim] SSL Anomoly? or config error? > On Tue, 31 Oct 2006, Tim Wilde wrote: > >> From: Tim Wilde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: Hill Ruyter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Cc: [email protected] >> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 09:11:28 -0800 >> Subject: Re: [exim] SSL Anomoly? or config error? > > ... > >> 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. > > Note that SMTPS is deemed obsolete[1]. Ideally authenticated mail > clients (not MTAs) will be using encrypted connections to Message > Submission (RFC 2476) on port 587[2]. So it's better to set up a > service with: > > daemon_smtp_ports = 25 : 465 : 587 > tls_on_connect_ports = 465 > > if you want to cover all possibilities. > > [1] But, sigh, I see plenty of SMTPS connections here. So I have > to offer this service. > > [2] Which is what this message uses to start its journey. > -- > Dennis Davis, BUCS, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +44 1225 386101 > > -- > ## 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/
