Re: [exim] TLS errors on SMTP (non-AUTH) connections

* Philip Hazel <ph10@???> [2007-02-02 10:29:07 +0000]:

> > Looks like I might have to wait for the new version of exim to do this.
> > I set:
> >
> > pipelining_advertise_hosts = 127.0.0.1
> > smtp_enforce_sync = true
> >
> > but on outgoing connections if the remote advertises pipelining, seems
> > like exim will use it no matter what I want.
>
> These options are only for incoming connections. There is no specific
> option for stopping the use of pipelining on outgoing connections.

Yeah, I had noticed that but I was at my wits end and willing to try
anything. =)

> You can use hosts_avoid_esmtp in the smtp transport to avoid the
> use of *all* SMTP extensions, but that includes support for SIZE, AUTH,
> and TLS as well as PIPELINING.

I considered that. But when I tried it manually with the "HELO" rather
than "EHLO", it still stalled so I'm not sure that will help here.

> Perhaps there should be an option specifically to turn off pipelining,
> as it seems to be causing problems.

I actually thought the other thread re pipelining was referring to
outbound connections. Ooops. An option to do this would be fantastic.

> > Sucks, but looks like there isn't a whole lot I can do about this at the
> > moment, which is unfortunate. Well, I could use a snapshot I guess but
> > that doesn't sound like much of a good idea for a production system.
>
> The snapshot won't help; it also is concerned with incoming connections.

Ahhh.. I misunderstood that other thread then.

Thanks for the clarification.

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