Re: [Exim] exim SSL without TLS possible?

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Robert Kehl
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] exim SSL without TLS possible?
On Mon, 22 Dec 2003, Robert Kehl wrote:

> > -tls-on-connect
>
> Thanks for the quick answer, philip, but I seem to miss something:
>
> Were -tls-on-connect the one to choose if wanted exim to be the client
> connecting to a non-STARTTLS-aware server? If so, how to configure exim
> to not imt the STARTTLS completely?


No. Sorry, I misunderstood your question. Exim, as a client, does not
have support for legacy non-STARTTLS-aware servers. You'll have to use
stunnel or some similar wrapping mechanism.

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