Re: configuring exim4 smtp to use SSL

[Gary Dale <garydale@torfree.net>]

On 14/03/15 09:34 AM, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
> Gary Dale wrote on 03/14/2015 06:00:
> <snip>
> > I did add tls_on_connect_ports = 465 to exim4.conf.localmacros, which is
> > supposed to cover the SSL on connect issue.
> Besides the dc_smarthost addition "::465", I added
>
>     protocol = smtps
>
> in the "transport/30_exim4-config_remote_smtp_smarthost" section and didn't
> change "tls_on_connect_ports". Don't know if this works when adding it in
> "exim4.conf.localmacros" (maybe you try that first?). Also, don't forget to add
> an appropriate entry in "passwd.client".

Adding protocol = smtps worked. It had to be added to the 
transport/30_exim4-config_remote_smtp_smarthost file. Local_macros 
wouldn't take it.

Thanks!