At 04:26 AM 8/6/2001, you wrote: >Philip Hazel wrote:
> >
> > There's no need. As a client, Exim will automatically try to use
> TLS if
> > the server offers it.
> >
> > But you can turn this off for specific hosts by setting
> hosts_avoid_tls
> > (in the smtp transport). That option was created specifically for
> the
> > case of broken servers like the one you are dealing with.
>
>And I suggest turning it off if your primary concern is getting your
>mail delivered. There are a whole lot of broken Lotus Domino servers
>that offer STARTTLS but drop the connection once given STARTTLS.
>
>:(
>
>-
So is the only way to "turn it off" completely to recompile the exim
binary and not enable TLS capabilities, or alternatively (but perhaps
more 'expensively') to set " hosts_avoid_tls = * " ?
Since I've been looking for them I'm seeing a lot more of these
failures.
