Hi
I am using Outlook express on both machines
and the default when I configure the SSL service is for the port (25) to
remain the same
I was only vaguely aware that there were other ports that could/should be
used
Regards
Hill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Wilde" <tim@???>
To: "Hill Ruyter" <hill@???>
Cc: <exim-users@???>
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: [exim] SSL Anomoly? or config error?
> Hill Ruyter wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I have a strange situation with regards to SSL on my server
>>
>> It is probably a configuration issue but I cannot see where
>>
>>
>> If I send e-mail (using outlook express) from a machine on the same
>> subnet
>> as the server
>> I get an error telling me that SSL is not supported and I have had to
>> configure the two clients without SSL for SMTP
>>
>> However I have just checked remotely and from a client elsewhere on the
>> net
>> I can successfully send e-mail with SSH configured for SMTP
>
> Is the remote client also using Outlook Express, or a different MUA?
> Outlook Express (at least in prior versions) can only do SSL via an
> SMTPS port, the default being 465. To get Exim to listen on 465 for
> SMTPS in addition to the normal port 25 you would need configuration
> lines like:
>
> daemon_smtp_ports = 25 : 465
> tls_on_connect_ports = 465
>
> Local vs. non-local shouldn't make any difference here, so I'm guessing
> that the remote client wasn't OE, but something more "sane" that can
> understand the more modern STARTTLS method of doing secured SMTP.
>
> Regards,
> Tim Wilde
>
> --
> ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users
> ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/
> ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
>
