On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 02:20:01PM -0600, 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.
Which is fine, the STARTTLS stuff isn't great if you ask me, as you can't
just put an SSL wrapper like you would for POPs or IMAPs
In your case, you should be able to do something like this:
stunnel -p /etc/ssl/certs/stunnel.pem -d ssmtp -P /var/run/stunnel.ssmtp.pid -l /usr/sbin/exim -- exim -C /etc/exim.conf.auth -bs
I unfortunately haven't had the time to look at the SSL support that's in
exim now, and it may be able to do SSL directly on the ssmtp port, without
the unneeded STARTTLS stuff.
Anyway, here's how it looks on my system
magic(@va):~# telnet -z ssl ssmtp.valinux.com ssmtp
^^^^^^
Trying 198.186.202.176...
Connected to ssmtp.valinux.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 mail.valinux.com ESMTP Exim 3.16 #1 Tue, 07 Nov 2000 12:32:24 -0800 - VA int mm3
ehlo domain
250-mail.valinux.com Hello root at localhost [127.0.0.1]
250-SIZE 20971520
250-EXPN
250-PIPELINING
250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN
250 HELP
quit
221 mail.valinux.com closing connection
Connection closed by foreign host.
magic(@va):~# telnet ssmtp.valinux.com smtp
Trying 198.186.202.176...
Connected to ssmtp.valinux.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 mail.valinux.com ESMTP Exim 3.16 #1 Tue, 07 Nov 2000 12:49:42 -0800 - VA int mm3 + stunnel
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
EHLO domain
250-domain Welcome
250 STARTTLS
STARTTLS
220 Go ahead
quit
Marc
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