Re: [Exim] SSL over exim.

On Tuesday 20 August 2002 01:31 am, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> psi-jack@??? (Eric Renfro) [Tuesday, August 20, 2002 2:24 PM]:
> > Hey, I'm trying to setup exim to use TLS and SSL, using the ssmtp port
> > 465. TLS uses a handshake of STARTTLS, while SSL does not, and there's
> > nothing specific about SSL support in the documents.
> >
> > How could I get SSL in exim to work properly so that non-TLS capable
> > clients can use SSL (ex: Outlook/-Express).
>
> OE 5.x and 6.x do support STARTTLS quite well (click "This server requires
> a secure connection" in the "Advanced" options). In fact this is sent
> using OE6 over a TLS session to my mailserver.

Okay, so, it does work, with OE5/6, and at least Outlook XP. I don't know
about earlier versions, but still. Providing full SSL support is still a good
option to provide.

Eric Renfro