Re: [exim] Problem with TLS connection

Sven Hartge <sven@???> wrote:
> 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.

I stand corrected. I had a different error in mind and jumped to wrong
conclusions.

This error looks like directly talking SSL to a port which first starts
with a plaintext conversation and is then upgraded to SSL with STARTTLS,
as others have correctly noted.

S°

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Sigmentation fault. Core dumped.