Bug#700297: exim4: to send mails is impossible with port 587

[Pierre Crescenzo]

Hello,

>> To send mails is possible with port 587 with version 4.77-1 of exim4
>> but is impossible with more recent versions in testing. This problem
>> is here since a few months.
>
> What do your logs say?

For example in "/var/log/exim4/mainlog":

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2013-02-10 11:55:09 exim 4.80 daemon started: pid=15289, -q30m, listening for SMTP on [127.0.0.1]:25
2013-02-10 11:55:09 Start queue run: pid=15291
2013-02-10 11:55:09 End queue run: pid=15291
2013-02-10 11:55:36 1U4UZM-0004QQ-5d <= pierre.crescenzo at unice.fr U=pierre P=local S=377
2013-02-10 11:55:37 1U4UZM-0004QQ-5d TLS error on connection to naxos2.unice.fr [134.59.1.112] (gnutls_handshake): The Diffie-Hellman prime sent by the server is not acceptable (not long enough).
2013-02-10 11:55:37 1U4UZM-0004QQ-5d TLS session failure: delivering unencrypted to naxos2.unice.fr [134.59.1.112] (not in hosts_require_tls)
2013-02-10 11:55:38 1U4UZM-0004QQ-5d cram_md5 authenticator failed H=naxos2.unice.fr [134.59.1.112] 535 5.7.0 authentication failed
2013-02-10 11:55:38 1U4UZM-0004QQ-5d ** pierre at crescenzo.nom.fr R=smarthost T=remote_smtp_smarthost: SMTP error from remote mail server after MAIL FROM:<pierre.crescenzo at unice.fr> SIZE=1411: host naxos2.unice.fr [134.59.1.112]: 530 5.7.0 Authentication required
2013-02-10 11:55:38 1U4UZO-0004QY-Qw <= <> R=1U4UZM-0004QQ-5d U=Debian-exim P=local S=1354
2013-02-10 11:55:38 1U4UZM-0004QQ-5d Completed
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(The same mail is OK with version 4.77-1 of exim4.)

Thank you.

Regards,

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  Pierre Crescenzo
    mailto:pierre at crescenzo.nom.fr
    http://www.crescenzo.nom.fr/