On 18 May 2011, at 22:17, Heiko Schlittermann wrote:

> 
> It seems, that you configured your Exim to use tls_on_connect on port
> 587, that's what most clients do not expect.
> 
>    Port  25:    SMTP with our without STLS
>    Port 465:    SMTPS
>    Port 587:    SMTP with our without STLS 
>                 (should be used for mail submmission)

Hmm, port 587 should really expect STLS, given that it's supposed to require 
password negotiation. I know the MSA RFCs permit IP based trust mechanisms, but 
they really should be restricted to clients on a private local network that are 
not TLS capable.

-- 
Ian Eiloart
Postmaster, University of Sussex
+44 (0) 1273 87-3148


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