Holy cripes! How did I miss that?
Probably in trying to sort out where in the process things should be done,
and not even considering a simple configuration directive.
Rafal - thank you.
On 4/29/07, Rafał Kupka <rkupka+Listy.Exim@???> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 07:28:38AM -0700, Mark wrote:
> Hello,
>
> > Synopsis: Buggy client wants to relay a message via Exim server to a
> foreign
> > domain, authenticating to Exim with TLS/PLAIN
> >
> > Client program initiates EHLO with Exim server.
> > Exim says Hello
> > STARTTLS and AUTH get advertised.
> > Buggy client likes STARTTLS and starts it.
> > Exim says TLS - go ahead!
> > Exim and buggy client happily chatting encryptically.
> > Buggy client does not say EHLO again, but instead AUTH LOGIN
> > Exim says, I didn't advertise that! And errors: AUTH command used when
> not
> > advertised.
>
> Add "tls_remember_esmtp = true" in exim.conf file main section.
>
> exim spec fragment:
> +---------------------------------------------------------+
> |tls_remember_esmtp|Use: main|Type: boolean|Default: false|
> +---------------------------------------------------------+
> If this option is set true, Exim violates the RFCs by remembering that
> it is in "esmtp" state after successfully negotiating a TLS session.
> This provides support for broken clients that fail to send a new EHLO
> after starting a TLS session.
>
> Kupson
> --
> Great software without the knowledge to run it is pretty useless.
> (Linux Gazette #1)
>
> --
> ## 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/
>
