Re: [exim] TLS and Outlook

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Author: Mike Richardson
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To: Steffen Heil
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] TLS and Outlook
On Sun, Aug 29, 2004 at 12:09:40AM +0200, Steffen Heil wrote:
> Hi
>
> I tried to use TLS and Outlook 2003.
> It seems this works only on port 25.
>
> However, this problem was known in Outlook 2000:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q307772
> > To resolve this behavior, upgrade to Microsoft Outlook 2002; it supports
> STARTTLS negotiation on ports other than 25.
>
> However, I got that problem with version 2003.
>
> Has anyone else here seen this before?


With 2K it doesn't work on a port other than 25. On 2002 it works
for a while then seems to stop (randomly). On 2003 it works for
longer but still seems to have problems. This is from a sample of
about 200 Outlook users. Eventually I had to recommend using port 25
for all version of Outlook.

I'd like to know what 'random' in this case really means but I don't
have time to do all the testing required.

Mike

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