Re: Exim4 & SSL support

[Hendrik Sattler <post@hendrik-sattler.de>]

Marco wrote:
> I have this in my /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template file:
> 
> log_selector = +tls_cipher +tls_peerdn
> tls_advertise_hosts = *
> tls_certificate = /etc/ssl/certs/exim4cert.pem
> tls_privatekey = /etc/ssl/certs/exim4key.pem
> 
> When exim is started, if I try a netstat -punta |grep exim4 command I
> have this output :
> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:25              0.0.0.0:*
> LISTEN     3781/exim4
> Exim don't use the port 465 (for smtps).
> 
> Infact, if  I try to connect with an TLS encryption is OK, but if I try
> to connect with an SSL encryption (on port 25)
> the connection fail.

To support SSL directly, you must start another exim4 process with the options
-tls-on-connect
-oX <number or string>

See the exim4 manpage for details.
However note, that older Outlook Express is the only software that needs this.

HS

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