[exim] Re (2): Configuring exim to use an non-TLS connection…

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Author: peter
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To: exim-users
Subject: [exim] Re (2): Configuring exim to use an non-TLS connection to port 587.
From:    Graeme Fowler via Exim-users <exim-users@???>
Date:    Tue, 11 Apr 2023 18:44:22 +0100

> ... problem is on your filesystem rather than on-the-wire.


Another helpful tip is in https://wiki.debian.org/Exim4Gmail.
/etc/exim4/passwd.client had permissions 600. Now 640.

$ ls -ld /etc/exim4/passwd.client
-rw-r----- 1 root Debian-exim 249 Apr 12 06:35 /etc/exim4/passwd.client

Then created a fresh debug output which is here.
http://easthope.ca/ex1

It has these lines.
08:33:42  4098   internal_search_find: file="/etc/exim4/passwd.client"
08:33:42  4098     type=nwildlsearch key="easthope.ca" opts=NULL
08:33:42  4098   file lookup required for easthope.ca
08:33:42  4098     in /etc/exim4/passwd.client
08:33:42  4098 easthope.ca in "mail.easthope.ca"? no (end of list)
08:33:42  4098   lookup failed


/etc/exim4/passwd.client can be read by Debian-exim and has only
one active line beginning with mail.easthope.ca. This is the same
snag as mentioned by Jeremy, Tue, 11 Apr 2023 18:56:10 +0100?
"- they presented a server certificate that we don't like; specifically,
the list of systems that are supposed to use the cert did not include
the name we think the server has (the one we made a TCP connection to)."

A little further down.
08:33:43 4098 SMTP(closed)<<
08:33:43 4098 Remote host closed connection in response to pipelined
DATA

The smarthost refused to continue the conversation?

Command options are explained fairly well. I'm not clear about the
command and argument.
exim -d+all -odf peter@??? ...

Exim is invoked to send a test message to peter@????
Similar to the Swaks autocreated test message?
Exim attempts to send the messages in the spool addressed to peter?

Yes, I opened
https://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch-the_exim_command_line.html
Under heading "1. Setting options by program name" are five cases not
including exim.

Thanks,                             ... P.