Re: [exim] SSL SMTP

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Author: Tony Finch
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To: Ron McKeating
CC: Exim-Users \(E-mail\)
Subject: Re: [exim] SSL SMTP
On Thu, 2 Dec 2004, Ron McKeating wrote:

> But we seem to have found that
>
> daemon_smtp_ports = 25 : 465 : 587
> tls_on_connect_ports = 465
> log_selector = +incoming_interface
>
> allows both protocols on port 465, is this a change in exim, or has it
> always been like this?


What makes you think this? If you are going by P=smtp on port 465
connections, this is related to the following change in version 4.44:

21. The rare case of EHLO->STARTTLS->HELO was setting the protocol to "smtp".
    It is now set to "smtps".


This also applies to tls-on-connect->HELO.

> We are finding that even full Outlook clients have to use
> port 465 with the above config.


Correct.

Tony.
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