On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 07:32:18AM -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > *:hartford-hwp.com:<PW> > > > > > > But can a wildcard replace the name of the server like this? > > > > Yes. No matter what host asks exim for auth, it will give this username > > and password. > > Thanks for the explanation. I'll try it. > > > > > Is your pop-server username hartford-hwp.com as well? > > > > > > Pop sercver is pop.hartford-hwp.com; smtp server is smtp.hartford-hwp.com > > > > They look like server names not user names for a login session. > > You are right. I misread your question. UID for both POP and SMTP is: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > This may be my problem: I have a hardware firewall. However, if I'm > > > using port 25 for smtp, wouldn't my firewall let it through? Is the > > > fact that it's now SSL require a change in my hardware firewall? > > > > > > > YES. Absolutley. You've told exim to contact smtp on port 587 but if > > your firewall is blocking connections on port 587 then nothing will get > > through. > > I reverted to port 25. In my firewall, I set up a custom service in it > for ssmtp to use port 587. This may solve my problem. > > > according to /etc/services that's ssmtp. But who cares? You tell the > > firewall what port to open. Your ISP told you what port to use so you > > tell the firewall and you tell exim. > > Tell exim4 the port to use? Where would that be?
Read /usr/share/doc/exim4-doc-html/html/spec_html/ch14.html section 14.13 on tls_on_connect_ports with full details in 14.23. Basically, everything you need to know is in the spec document. But it is huge. I can't really read it vicariously for you since only you have talked with your ISP. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
