Re: [exim] attempting to change smarthost

dpalom@??? wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 4:00 PM, Marc Haber <mh+exim-users@???>
> wrote:
>
>> You probably still have an exim process around trying to deliver to
>> the new smarthost. Wait a little time, or look on the wire what's
>> going on.
>>
>> Greetings
>> Marc
>>
>> Interesting, I think I am getting closer to the root of the problem. I
> used tcpdump to watch the traffic between my machine and the smarthost while
> I send an email.
>
> With exim4 pointed at the old smarthost, I see the EHLO from my Debian
> machine, code 250 (OK) response from the smarthost, then MAIL FROM, RCPT TO,
> etc. and the mail is sent.
>
> With exim4 pointed at the new smarthost, I see the EHLO from my machine, and
> code 250 (OK) response from the smarthost. However, right after that my
> machine sends a "STARTTLS" command to the smarthost, the smarthost sends
> back a code 220 (Ready to start TLS), at which point it just sits there with
> no further progress. I assume it times out eventually.
>
> How do I configure exim4 to not even attempt TLS? I am pretty sure it isn't
> necessary in my environment.
>

You can use hosts_avoid_tls as described in chapter 30.4 of the
documentation (page 270)

hosts_avoid_tls = ip.of.smart.host