Author: Toshio Kumagai Date: To: Matt Bernstein CC: exim-users, Matthew Grant, Nigel Metheringham, Robert van der Meulen, Mark Baker Subject: Re: [Exim] [PATCH] ssmtp (old-style SSL) support for exim 3.3x viainetd
for old style SSL MTAs ...
Matt Bernstein wrote: >
> Why not just (not via inetd) use stunnel (assuming you want to force AUTH
> to prevent yourself becoming an open relay)? It Works For Us(tm) on our
> Debian stable setup.
>
>
> (with Exim 3 you can use multiple config files)
Yep.
I cannot understand the difference between his patch
and exim over stunnel.
I've ran exim with stunnel over ssmtp (465/tcp) since
exim release 2.x.
I remember that 3.16x is the first experimental release
of exim with TLS(STARTTLS).
>
> At 09:53 +0100 Philip Hazel wrote:
>
> >On 1 Apr 2002, Matthew Grant wrote:
> >
> >> I reccomend that it get included
> >> in the next point release of exim 3.3x, and be intergrated into exim
> >> 4.0x as it will solve a lot of problems supporting legacy-style SSL SMTP
> >> from various MTAs on Unix/Linux, DOS/windows and MAC OS.
> >
> >I'll certainly take a look at the code for 4.xx, but I'm hoping not to
> >make any more changes to 3.3x if I can help it.
>
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