> mail.oculardata.com is running exim, and it is listening on port 25
> (whence STARTTLS is available, which exim supports as a client). It
> is also listening on port 465, requiring tls-on-connect (which exim
> doesn't support as a client). It is *not* listening on the standard
> MSA port (587). Short of running a portscan, I can't tell if it is
> listening on any non-standard ports.
>
> Do you have any influence on the configuration of your smarthost
> (mail.oculardata.com)? If so, the most straightforward solution to
> your apparent "port 25 blocked" problem is to configure it to listen
> on port 587 (and require authentication), or some non-standard port
> (using the same rules as port 25).
>
> If not, perhaps you can get your ISP to lift the port 25 block for
> you, at least to this one host.
>
> Failing both of those, stunnel it is...
>
> - Fred
>
>
Yeah, I have pretty significant influence on the configuration when I
know exactly what i want and what to ask for, but not so much if I limp
in without much information.
I'll look into what you've suggested, it sounds more promising than the
other avenues so far
