[Pkg-exim4-users] send from MUA fails

[Marc Haber]

On Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 11:36:56AM -0700, Hal wrote:
> I've just replaced a working exim3 install with exim4 and mail sent  
> from Mac's mail.app always fails whether the mac is on the same net  
> as the mail server or on a remote machine.  This setup was working  
> under exim3.  The exim4 config was set up from scratch using debian  
> conf utilities and then I added a router for a virtual domain I  
> handle.  Incoming mail from smtp servers on the internet always  
> works.  Sending from the command line on the server works.  But,  
> sending from the mail.app MUA always ends with the following in debug  
> output (all the clients are OS X so no other MUA has been tried).
> 
> 5605 SMTP<< EHLO [10.0.1.14]
> 5605 sender_fullhost = dsl081-064-038.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net  
> ([10.0.1.14]) [64.81.64.38]
> 5605 sender_rcvhost = dsl081-064-038.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net  
> ([64.81.64.38] helo=[10.0.1.14])
> 5605 set_process_info:  5605 handling incoming connection from  
> dsl081-064-038.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([10.0.1.14]) [64.81.64.38]
> 5605 host in pipelining_advertise_hosts? yes (matched "*")
> 5605 host in auth_advertise_hosts? yes (matched "*")
> 5605 host in tls_advertise_hosts? no (option unset)
> 5605 SMTP>> 250-teak.retrotech.org Hello  
> dsl081-064-038.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net [64.81.64.38]
> 5605 250-SIZE 52428800
> 5605 250-PIPELINING
> 5605 250 HELP
> 5605 SMTP>> 421 teak.retrotech.org lost input connection
> 5605 LOG: smtp_connection MAIN
> 5605   SMTP connection from dsl081-064-038.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net  
> ([10.0.1.14]) [64.81.64.38] lost

Is it possible that the mail.app insists on using TLS, which your
server does not advertise? Is the old exim 3 still online for reference?

Greetings
Marc

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