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

On 2019-01-06 8:48 a.m., Jeremy Harris via Exim-users wrote:
> 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).
You've missed the point. My e-mail smarthost uses 587 for unencrypted
connections but 465 for encrypted. Using Thunderbird with ssl/tls on
port 465 works. It's the Exim4 (encrypted) configuration I need help with.