Re: [exim] smarthost relay problems

Marc Sherman wrote:
> Rob Brenart wrote:
>>>
>> Correct me if I'm wrong, but this help sounds like help for
>> listeners, and my trouble is in sending mail to a smarthost, not
>> receiving from... the smarthost I'm sending to is what it is, I can't
>> make any changes there... and the reason SSL & TSL came up is because
>> in my thunderbird installation, SSL is what my SMTP is configured to,
>> which makes it communicate over port 465.
>
> Are you sure that tls_on_connect over port 465 is the only submission
> method your ISP supports? You might want to call them and ask if they
> support any other submission mode, such as authenticated TLS
> (negotiated) submission over ports 25 or 587.
>
> If they support submission on port 25, then it should have just worked
> if you set up the client authentication correctly -- if you didn't,
> you should post to the debian exim users list for help, as I know that
> Debian has some complex configuration for client authentication. If
> they support submission on port 587, then you'll need to add "port =
> 587" to your smarthost transport.
>
> - Marc
>
Well, by using a simple telnet hostname portnumber... I get no response
on 25 or 587... but 465 works fine