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

Gary Dale via Exim-users <exim-users@???> wrote:
[...]
> 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.

Your e-mail smarthost does offer TLS on 587:

ametzler@argenau:~$ swaks -q ehlo -s mail.extremeground.com -p 587 -tls
=== Trying mail.extremeground.com:587...
=== Connected to mail.extremeground.com.
<- 220-ahs5.r4l.com ESMTP Exim 4.91 #1 Mon, 07 Jan 2019 13:41:41 -0500
<- 220-We do not authorize the use of this system to transport unsolicited,
<- 220 and/or bulk e-mail.
-> EHLO argenau.bebt.de
<- 250-ahs5.r4l.com Hello 194-166-231-60.adsl.highway.telekom.at [194.166.231.60]
<- 250-SIZE 52428800
<- 250-8BITMIME
<- 250-PIPELINING
<- 250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN
<- 250-STARTTLS
<- 250 HELP
-> STARTTLS
<- 220 TLS go ahead
=== TLS started with cipher TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256
=== TLS no local certificate set
=== TLS peer DN="/CN=*.r4l.com"
[...]

cu Andreas
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