Bug#459323: exim4: Incredimail problem sending email using Exim4 SMTP over SSL / TLS error on connection from [ip.ad.dr.ess] (gnutls_handshake): A TLS packet with unexpected length was received.

[Andrew McGlashan]

Hi,


RE:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=459323

Marc Haber wrote:
> How does your exim reply when you telnet to localhost 465? Does it
> show a clear text SMTP banner?

www:/tmp# telnet localhost 465
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
Connection closed by foreign host.


[had to press ctrl-c to get the last line]


> Please let's find out whether Incredimail does really really use SMTP
> over SSL. On your exim server, run
>
> $ echo "220 " | socat TCP4-LISTEN:4465 -
>
> and configure incredimail to use "Outgoing 4465 with SSL". Then try
> sending a message.
>
> When you see a cleartext "EHLO something" on the socat shell,
> Incredimail is trying to do ESMTP STARTTLS, which will need a
> differently configured exim than Outlook Express does.


www:/tmp# echo "220 " | socat TCP4-LISTEN:4465 -
L3
À       @dbcÎêÕ¢ÅETݳܺÔPuTTYwww:/tmp# PuTTY


> If you don't see a cleartext "EHLO something", please retry with
> openssl s_server instead of the socat.

I couldn't work out how to use openssl s_server properly....

Kind Regards
AndrewM

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