Hi. On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 02:10:16PM -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > When editing a smarthost line in udpate-exim4.conf.conf > How does one enter a server that requires ssl 465.
dc_smarthost="your-smarthost::465" See update-exim4.conf(8). > If one uses the port number in update-exim4.conf.conf is it also > required in passwd.client? > > smtp.server.com:465:user@some.domain:SECRETpw No, because passwd.client is interpreted as colon-separated triplet. String above will be interpreted as "465" as username and "user@some.domain:SECRETpw" as a password. > Will it also be necessary to edit something into smtp transport > regarding the use of ssl 465? No, not in Debian. Debian's exim should use TLS for mail exchange without any configuration providing that your smarthost advertises it. Advertising TLS on your MTA - that does require some configuration indeed - exim4_exim_crt(5), but that's redundant in your setup. Reco
