Re: [exim] Exim MySQL and SSL

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Author: Marc Perkel
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To: xyon
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Exim MySQL and SSL
I haven't don'e it with ssl but I have done it using an ssh tunnel which
I think is better because it gives to compression as well. I use autossh
which will reconnect automatically if the connection is ever broken.

autossh -M 3333 -f -N -C -L 127.0.0.3:3306:localhost:3306 bigdog.ctyme.com


xyon wrote:
> Hey Everyone,
>
> Has anyone ever used exim with a remote mysql server using ssl?
>
>
> On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 17:04 -0400, xyon wrote:
>
>> Hey Everyone,
>>
>> I've been running exim which queries a remote MySQL server over an
>> stunnel, but would like to use MySQL's inherent SSL functions. Is this
>> possible with exim? I changed the '/etc/my.cnf' '[client]' section to
>> define the key/cert/csa, and proftpd picked it up great, but exim
>> doesn't seem to. I checked the exim docs under MySQL and didn't see any
>> reference to SSL. Is it not possible to use MySQL's native SSL support
>> with exim?
>>
>>
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