On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 10:00:15PM -0500, Chris Ditri wrote: > I haven't had an issue for 2 years... then suddenly I get this: > sm-mta[23903]: STARTTLS=client, relay=smtp.ins.dell.com., > version=TLSv1/SSLv3, verify=FAIL, cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA, > bits=256/256 > Jan 28 17:58:29 mx1 imapd[21971]: > > I am getting this when our dell rep is trying to send me a quote. I > receive all of his other email just fine -- but when he sends a quote I > get the error above.
You haven't included an error in your message above. In fact, the message you did include is from your server connecting to Dell. Your server being the sending machine, and Dell the receiver. "STARTTLS=client" is the clue there. > I do not understand why TLS even comes into play here, because he is not > relaying off of my server (at least, he shouldn't be). Is this a > misconfiguration on their end -- or mine? I've been good for 2 years, > so I can't beleive it is something I did or did not do... The "verify=FAIL" bit simply means your server could not verify the certificate from smtp.ins.dell.com for whatever reason (misconfigured CA path, self-signed cert, etc). It doesn't indicate delivery failure.
