Re: exim4 smtp tls/ssl question
On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:16:36 +0200, Lubos Vrbka in gmane.linux.debian.user
wrote:
>hi guys,
>i want to setup the exim on my machine to trasnsfer all outgoing mail to
> a smarthost client only - i'd like to try mutt and since it (according
>to docs) doesn't do smtp, i need mta.
That's what I use as well. Mutt is an excellent choice.
>i dpkg-reconfigured exim4-config and selected the option 'mail sent by
>smarthost; no local mail' because it's exactly what i need, i think.
Not so sure about that. Wouldn't local mail be stuff sent to the root
account etc. ? In any event I don't think it'll hurt to enable this
option, as I have it enabled in my Exim4 configuration -- I'm using
smarthost as well.
>now, i'd like exim4 to use ssl when logging to the smarthost to avoid
>sending password in plaintext. i put relevant information to
>/etc/exim4/passwd.client.
>then i tried to send a message to one of my mail addresses. it was
>delivered correctly, however i'm not sure whether it used TLS or not.
>the transcript of the 'session' is given below:
<snip>
>i can see the command STARTTLS, but was it really used? also, i recall
>that for TLS transactions port 465 should be used, shouldn't it?
Not sure. Is the e-mail actually being sent ? Does your smarthost
have a web front end to view e-mails ?
>if i'm wrong what else i need to supply? many pages mention adding
>cert/key files and some tls-related switches to the config but it seems
>to be related to the situation when exim4 acts as the smtp server...
>(and that's not my situation).
I've sent mine up to send via GMail as smarthost. You're asking Exim4 to
be a smtp server BTW.
>i'd be glad for any hints.
See above. Enable local delivery and to see if it makes a difference.
I'm not exactly sure what your problem is; Are you saying it doesn't
work or that you're not sure if it's working ?
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