Re: configuring exim4 smtp to use SSL

[David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>]

Quoting Gary Dale (garydale@torfree.net):
> I'm running a Wheezy/64 server and am trying to get exim4 to send
> e-mail using an SSL connection. My current configuration works when
> I use their normal smtp port (which is 26, not 25) but fails when I
> use their smtp/SSL port (465).
> 
> However Thunderbird is able to send e-mail from workstations to the
> same server using port 465 and have SSL/TLS identified as the
> connection security.
> 
> My update-exim4.conf.conf file is (replacing <remote host name> with
> the actual name). If dc_smarthost has the port set to 26, mail gets
> sent. However with it set to 465, it stays in the mailq.
> 
> dc_eximconfig_configtype='smarthost'
> dc_other_hostnames=''
> dc_local_interfaces='127.0.0.1'
> dc_readhost='<remote host name>'
> dc_relay_domains=''
> dc_minimaldns='false'
> dc_relay_nets=''
> dc_smarthost='<remote host name>:465'

Two colons please, not one.

> CFILEMODE='644'
> dc_use_split_config='false'
> dc_hide_mailname='false'
> dc_mailname_in_oh='true'
> dc_localdelivery='mail_spool'

Cheers,
David.