Re: [Exim] STARTTLS error

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Author: Anand Buddhdev
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To: Jens Vonderheide
CC: exim Maillingliste
Subject: Re: [Exim] STARTTLS error
On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 11:45:26AM +0100, Jens Vonderheide wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> when sending mails to some addresses, I get this error:
>
> SMTP error from remote mailer after STARTTLS: host mvs.mediaways.net
> [62.53.235.28]:
> 454 TLS not available: missing RSA private key (#4.3.0):
> retry timeout exceeded
>
> (sorry for the long line)
>
> This SMTP server seems to be running qmail, I am using exim version 3.34.
> I have not worked with TLS yet, so I am totally clueless.
> Is there anything I can configure on my side to avoid this error or is
> the remote server just configured wrong?


It means the remote end has been told to advertise STARTTLS, but is
in fact not configured with the proper TLS certificates and keys. I've
also seen Exchange servers which has been misconfigured like that. It
shouldn't be a problem though, as exim should just ignore the error,
and deliver without using TLS.

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