Re: [Exim] TLS on a port other than 25

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: James P. Roberts
CC: Mark Edwards, exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] TLS on a port other than 25
On Sat, 15 Feb 2003, James P. Roberts wrote:

> What you want simply will NOT work with a Microsoft client, because it
> is stupid software that ASSUMES you must not want to use STARTTLS if you
> are connecting to a port other than 25. Instead, it reverts to smtps,
> WITHOUT bothering to tell you about it.


Right. Thanks for spelling this out so clearly. I think there must be a
lot of confusion about exactly what STARTTLS and SMTPS actually mean.

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