Bill Milford wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of W B Hacker >> Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 7:11 PM >> To: exim users >> Subject: Re: [exim] Tls on connect as and SMTP Client >> >> Bill Milford wrote: >> *snip* >> >>> I am shocked that yahoo will not support STARTTLS. >> *snip* >> >> It appears that they do. Or did. >> >> Google turned up instructions for setting to 587. >> >> http://help.yahoo.com/mail/pop/pop-06.html >> >> Bottom paragraph. >> > [Bill Milford] > > They currently support 25 & 587 but do not support TLS on those ports. See > the swaks example below: > > # swaks -s smtp.att.yahoo.com -p 587 -q HELO -tls > === Trying smtp.att.yahoo.com:587... > === Connected to smtp.att.yahoo.com. > <- 220 smtp109.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com ESMTP > -> EHLO mail2.milfordmail.com > <- 250-smtp109.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com > <- 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN XYMCOOKIE > <- 250-PIPELINING > <- 250 8BITMIME > *** STARTTLS not supported > -> QUIT > <- 221 smtp109.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com > === Connection closed by foreign host. > # > > Bill > >
And they have that setting in a paragraph strongly advising encryption and presenting it as part of such a solution. Must be a whole lot of villages missing their idiots just to staff Yahoo's mail admin slots. Bill -- ## 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/
