Re: [exim] Tls on connect as and SMTP Client

Bill Milford wrote:
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: exim-users-bounces@??? [mailto:exim-users-bounces@exim.org] On Behalf Of W B Hacker
>> Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 7:11 PM
>> To: exim users
>> Subject: Re: [exim] Tls on connect as and SMTP Client
>>
>> Bill Milford wrote:
>> *snip*
>>
>>> I am shocked that yahoo will not support STARTTLS.
>> *snip*
>>
>> It appears that they do. Or did.
>>
>> Google turned up instructions for setting to 587.
>>
>> http://help.yahoo.com/mail/pop/pop-06.html
>>
>> Bottom paragraph.
>>
> [Bill Milford]
>
> They currently support 25 & 587 but do not support TLS on those ports. See the swaks example below:
>
> # swaks -s smtp.att.yahoo.com -p 587 -q HELO -tls
> === Trying smtp.att.yahoo.com:587...
> === Connected to smtp.att.yahoo.com.
> <- 220 smtp109.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com ESMTP
> -> EHLO mail2.milfordmail.com
> <- 250-smtp109.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com
> <- 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN XYMCOOKIE
> <- 250-PIPELINING
> <- 250 8BITMIME
> *** STARTTLS not supported
> -> QUIT
> <- 221 smtp109.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com
> === Connection closed by foreign host.
> #
>
> Bill
>
>

And they have that setting in a paragraph strongly advising encryption and
presenting it as part of such a solution.

Must be a whole lot of villages missing their idiots just to staff Yahoo's mail
admin slots.

Bill