Author: Jeremy Harris Date: To: exim-users Subject: Re: [exim] TLS session is required,
but an attempt to start TLS failed
On 18/10/2022 13:58, Patrick Porteous via Exim-users wrote: > I've recently started receiving the following message in my log files when sending to one host:
>
> 2022-10-18 07:12:45 H=example.com [###.###.###.199]: a TLS session is required, but an attempt to start TLS failed
> 2022-10-18 07:12:45 H=example.com [###.###.###.196]: a TLS session is required, but an attempt to start TLS failed
> 2022-10-18 07:12:45 H=example.com [###.###.###.198]: a TLS session is required, but an attempt to start TLS failed
> 2022-10-18 07:12:46 H=example.com [###.###.###.197]: a TLS session is required, but an attempt to start TLS failed
> 2022-10-18 07:12:46 H=example.com [###.###.###.194]: a TLS session is required, but an attempt to start TLS failed
> 2022-10-18 07:12:46 someuser@??? R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp defer (-38) H=example.com [###.###.###.194]: a TLS session is required, but an attempt to start TLS failed
This is your Exim trying to send to some other host? >
> My exim.config is setup with the following options enabled:
>
> tls_advertise_hosts = *
> tls_certificate = /usr/local/ssl/apache-selfsigned.crt
> tls_privatekey = /usr/local/ssl/apache-selfsigned.key
Those are for connections inbound to your host, hence not relevant.
Look at your transport configuration.
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Cheers,
Jeremy
