Gadi Evron wrote:
> Gadi Evron wrote:
>> Wireless (swisscom) at hotel steals my email messages and relays
>> through a proxy rather than my MTA! WTF!! Even "experts" can be fooled.
>>
>> No wonder a friend bounced my emails.
>
> Friends elsewhere suggested a solution, but first why this is so
> shameful for me:
> I did click "yesyesyes" on a certificate warning because I was expecting
> one anyway (self-signed).
>
> Friend's bounce:
>
> : host mx01.speakeasy.net[69.17.117.60] said: 554 5.7.1
> : Client host rejected:
> Access denied (in reply to RCPT TO command)
>
> linuxbox's log file:
>
> Mar 25 ... linuxbox ...
> [email protected]>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA,
> relay=mail-out-01.swisscom-eurospot.com [83.97.120.90]
>
> Bastards proxy SSL'd connections too. Unless I missed something.
>
> Solution:
> Use submission on port 587 with STARTTLS
>
> Gadi.
>
So I didn't click "yesyesyes" after all, I configured it wrong.
In Thunderbird I needed to set up encryption for SMTP regardless of what
I set for the account. I was set to "tls, if available" so I was never
alerted.
Gadi.
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