Re: [Exim] TLS Issue

Philip Hazel wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, John P Connor wrote:
>
>> It seems that we probably need an option in Exim to work round this,
>> do you think?
>
> I am not at all keen on this, but I suppose I am open to persuasion if
> lots of people feel the need.
>

I agree that it is something which shouldn't be necessary.

> To remind the list of the issue: A broken client fails to send a new
> EHLO after starting a TLS session; this leaves Exim in SMTP mode
> rather than ESMTP mode, because it has reset itself, as the RFC
> specifies. The client then sends a MAIL command with a SIZE option,
> which Exim rejects because that is valid only in ESMTP mode.
>
> What do people think about this?

We have tested with Exchange 5.5 and it doesn't have the same problem, i.e.
it works! Therefore the onus may well be on M$ to provide a fix. I will
attempt to have this raised via any support route we may have with M$.


Cheers

John