----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 8:28 AM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] SSL in SMTP
> > >> I have watched in > >> <http://www.stunnel.org/examples/>http://www.stunnel.org/examples/ but > >> there is no example with smtp. > >> That I must make to form the Server of Imail v8.04 so that protocol > >> smtp is with SSL? > > > >You would want to have stunnel listen on port 465, and connect to > >127.0.0.1 port 25. > > Actually, this is only going to work if it is for your internal users. It > won't allow other mailservers to connect to yours using SSL. Specifically, > RFC2487 (unfortunately!) requires the TLS connection to occur over port 25, > requiring the complete cooperation of IMail. So it can't be done. > Theoretically stunnel can do the starttls negotiation. How well, or how it interacts with imail I can't say. Of course (because imail is bran-dead and grabs all IPs on the box) that would mean either running stunnel on a separate box, or running imail SMTP on something other than port 25. Neithe of which may be desirable. Jerry To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
