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

[Marc Haber]

On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 10:54:41AM -0400, Gary Dale wrote:
> 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?

See exim spec.txt chapter 3, especially 3.14, and chapter 32.

> >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.

Commercial support for exim is available through numerous sources.
Please consider buying some if you're using exim commercially and
can't figure things out by yourself.

> >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.

Get the mail into the queue and try delivering with exim -M <msgid>
-D. If that is inconclusive, try -D+all

> I'm not an exim guru.

If you're making money of it, you should either become one or hire one.

Greetings
Marc

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