On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, Jeffrey C. Ollie wrote:
> I just found out that Outlook 97 (version 8.04.5619) does not
> interoperate with Exim's TLS/SSL. The problem appears to be that
> Outlook 97 does not support the STARTTLS ESMTP option. So if you turn
> on SSL connections for SMTP servers in Outlook 97, it immediately
> tries to initiate a SSL connection.
Well, the RFC that specifies how to do TLS over ESMTP says you must use
STARTTLS. That's how the client knows that the server is prepared to do
TLS.
> While the real solution is to upgrade to Outlook 2000 or turn off SSL
> in Outlook 97, is there any way to get Exim to support this
> configuration?
I'm afraid not.
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