Dean Brooks wrote: >>> However I'm noticing many such sites with the above setup who don't offer >>> TLS on port 25 of the MX servers. Is there a particular reason for this ? >>> >>> Any obvious pitfalls in supporting TLS on port 25 of the MX servers ? >>> Are folk just turning it off to save CPU ? >> I advertise TLS on my non submission ports here for a very different >> reason to those stated. I treat hosts that look like real mail servers >> differently. TLS is a very good indicator that the connecting host is a >> real mail server; not just another trojaned machine. I don't greylist >> real mail servers. > > I guess it depends on your view. In my experience, an MTA that sends > to MX with TLS is one that is probably not managed by someone with > very much experience and would more likely be a potential source of > trouble.
I fail to see any connection between a mail server sending over TLS, and the experience of the admin of the server. I also fail to see the usefulness of making that connection. It's not something you could ever filter on. MikeC2 -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
