Re: [exim] Problem with TLS connection

Sven Hartge <sven@???> (Wed May 18 15:24:12 2011):
> Hill Ruyter <hill@???> wrote:
>
> > I am having a problem with my exim since a recent power outage and I
> > don¹t know what has changed
>
> > I am getting the following error on TLS connections from my client.
> > If I turn off SSL at the client end I can send mail but that is not
> > ideal Any help as to what I should be checking much appreciated
>
> > The error message I get is :
>
> > 2011-05-18 14:13:45 [3028] TLS error on connection from
> > 87-194-206-124.bethere.co.uk [87.194.206.124]:51620
> > I=[192.168.1.100]:587 (gnutls_handshake): A TLS packet with unexpected
> > length was received.
>
> Yeah, pretty known incompatibility between the gnutls-based SSL
> implementation and several clients.
>
> Recompile exim to use OpenSSL and the problem will go away. But be sure
> to _not_ redistribute the resulting packages, as this would violate the
> GPL. Local use is fine though.
(…)

Which of the tls options did you set?
Once I'd an issue when the server "knew" too much CA certificates
and attempted to verify the client side certificate.

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