On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:27:31 -0500, Marc Sherman
<msherman@???> wrote:
>Rob Brenart wrote:
>>
>> exim4 as TLS/SSL client
>> ------
>> Both exim4-daemon-heavy and exim4-daemon-light support TLS/SSL using the
>> GnuTLS library and exim will use TLS *automatically* as client if the
>> server exim connects to offers it. You can stop reading now if you are
>> not setting up a mailserver which needs to offer TLS for incoming
>> connections.
>
>That's referring to standard TLS, which is served on port 25 (or 567 for
>message submission), and negotiated post-connection. tls_on_connect,
>which Outlook and Thunderbird refer to as "SSL", is a non-standard hack
>invented by Microsoft and traditionally served on port 465. Exim
>supports tls_on_connect as a server only, but not as a client.
>
>You should file a debian bug to have that documentation clarified.
Not necessary. The text in question has been change to:
| Both exim4-daemon-heavy and exim4-daemon-light support TLS/SSL
| using the GnuTLS library and STARTTLS. Exim will use TLS
| via STARTTLS <emphasis>automatically</emphasis> as client if
| the server exim connects to offers it. TLS on connect is not
| natively supported. You can stop reading now if you are not
| setting up a mailserver which needs to offer TLS for incoming
| connections.
Greetings
Marc
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