Re: [exim] setting up exim4 to send mail through r4l.com

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Author: Jeremy Harris
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] setting up exim4 to send mail through r4l.com
On 05/01/2019 23:34, Gary Dale via Exim-users wrote:
> Without ss/tls, my server is mail.extremeground.com:587. I can send
> e-mail this way but in order to use ssl/tls, my smtp server is in the
> r4l.com domain and uses port 465.


In thunderbird config, you more-likely want STARTTLS than SSL/TLS for
the outbound smtp server settings. That's what is traditionally used
on 587. 465 is used for TLS-on-connect and is a bit less common
(Exim can handle it just fine, but requires specific configuration
to enable it).
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Cheers,
Jeremy