Author: Marc Sherman Date: To: exim-users Subject: Re: [exim] STARTTLS before EHLO?
W B Hacker wrote: >
> It does do so.
>
> That is the 'legacy' ssl mode AKA 'tls_on_connect'
Bill, please be more careful about answering questions with incorrect
information. tls_on_connect does not involve sending the STARTTLS
command _at_all_. The connection is SSL-encrypted from the moment it's
opened.
> tls_on_connect_ports = 465 : 587
This has come up before; if you're going to recommend to random list
posters that they configure 587 for tls_on_connect, please warn them
explicitly that your configuration is very non-standard.
