Andreas Metzler via Exim-users <exim-users@exim.org> writes: > Please take a look at > file:///usr/share/doc/exim4-base/README.Debian.html#TLS
Thank you. After figuring out that the smarthost requires connect on port 25, never uses 465 anymore but can use 587, I had to be careful what gets set here or I kill outbound mail again. Here's what I have ended up doing so far. I read the article and realized that I probably need split configuration instead of one monolithic file because that is the only way that /etc/exim4/localmacros is picked up so I set localmacros as follows: MAIN_TLS_ENABLE = 1 TLS_ON_CONNECT_PORTS = 587 then dhcp-reconfigure. Cert warning still lives. Set a new localmacros as follows and reconfigure. MAIN_TLS_ENABLE = 1 REMOTE_SMTP_SMARTHOST_HOSTS_REQUIRE_TLS = * TLS_ON_CONNECT_PORTS = 587 dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config and cert warning is still kicking. Set all possible options on in localmacros and reconfigure. Localmacros now reads: MAIN_TLS_ENABLE = 1 REMOTE_SMTP_SMARTHOST_HOSTS_REQUIRE_TLS = * TLS_ON_CONNECT_PORTS = 587 REQUIRE_PROTOCOL = smtps Cert message never fails to appear. I even took away the localmacros file and did a dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config without and Wait for it. Cert message was the first indication that exim was starting. All delivery attempts including the one without localmacros were successful so for now, I have switched back to a non-split configuration and cert message just keeps filling up the log. Any other ideas are greatly appreciated. After all this pummeling, exim4 is now delivering successfully every time to the smarthost so that's good that it still works after the ISP's "no changes" changes. I was telling my wife yesterday that all that time I spent talking to call centers in Heaven knows where on and off for the last 2 months was totally wasted in that I never learned one true factor from them that made any difference at all. Welcome to service in the 21ST century from big corporations. Martin -- ## List details at https://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/