[Pkg-exim4-users] configuring exim4 smtp to use SSL

[Gary Dale]

On 16/03/15 04:10 AM, Marc Haber wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 11:20:38PM -0400, Gary Dale wrote:
>> The log for an unsuccessful mail says:
>> 2015-03-14 00:47:44 1YWdzE-0000l6-CR <= <sending e-mail address>
>> U=garydale P=local S=1665
>> 2015-03-14 00:47:44 1YWdzE-0000l6-CR ** -r at localhost: Unrouteable address
>> 2015-03-14 00:47:44 1YWdzE-0000l6-CR ** gary at extremeground.com
>> R=smarthost T=remote_smtp_smarthost: retry time not reached for any
>> host after a long failure period
>> 2015-03-14 00:47:44 1YWdzE-0000l6-CR ** <sending e-mail address>
>> R=smarthost T=remote_smtp_smarthost: retry time not reached for any
>> host after a long failure period
>> 2015-03-14 00:47:44 1YWdzE-0000lB-Ik <= <> R=1YWdzE-0000l6-CR
>> U=Debian-exim P=local S=2720
>> 2015-03-14 00:47:44 1YWdzE-0000lB-Ik ** <sending e-mail address>
>> R=smarthost T=remote_smtp_smarthost: retry time not reached for any
>> host after a long failure period
>> 2015-03-14 00:47:44 1YWdzE-0000lB-Ik Frozen (delivery error message)
>> 2015-03-14 00:47:44 1YWdzE-0000l6-CR Completed
> You need to force the delivery out of the queue or remove the hint.
> Exim is not even trying to send here.
What do you mean? Why would Exim4 not be trying to send to port 465 when 
it does if I'm sending to port 26? And what hint are you referring to?

>
> And please do not obfuscate logs, it happens to often that there are
> obvious hints in that kind of data.
On the other hand, my clients are entitled to their privacy. The e-mail 
address is well formed, legitimate and hosted by the company whose smtp 
server I am trying to reach. Again, the setup works when I change only 
port 465 to port 26.

>
> It might also help to run a delivery attempt from the command line
> with debugging enabled.
>
Sorry, but I find Exim4's command line man page to be opaque. When I try 
to use exim4 from the command line using -bem 
/var/log/exim4/msglog/<message id>, I get "Warning: no message headers 
read" and a prompt for more input. Same if I add a -t option.

I'm not an exim guru. Can you provide a command line to do this?