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

At 13:47 -0500 2003/02/18, James P. Roberts wrote:
> > On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, James P. Roberts wrote:
[...]
> > > I don't think we ever need both STARTTLS and SMTPS on the same port?
>>
>> That is unimplementable. How does the server know?
>>
>> Philip
>>
>
>Well, I assume that since I can tell, by looking at whether the first
>incoming command is "scrambled" or not, if a client is trying to use
>SMTPS, that software could be written to make the same determination.
>However, as I said, I doubt that would be needed.
>

I think the point is that in SMTP is the server that speaks first,
while in SSL it is the client.

Giuliano