Re: [exim] MTA-STS and Server Name Indication (SNI) on mail …

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Author: Jeremy Harris
Date:  
To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] MTA-STS and Server Name Indication (SNI) on mail servers
On 17/06/2020 20:34, John R. Levine via Exim-users wrote:
> MTA-STS is a newish IETF spec that lets mail operators declare that
> all of their incoming mail servers support STARTTLS.  (See RFC 8461.)


Exim does not support MTA_STS.

> Looking at the mail logs for my servers, it's pretty clear that Exim
> doesn't send SNI.


As a client, Exim can send SNI if configured to do so.

> I would also guess that if an Exim MTA has multiple
> names, it doesn't have any way to select a certificate using SNI.


As a server, Exim has visibility of an SNI sent by a client and
can use it to select a server certificate.
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Cheers,
Jeremy