>>>>> "James" == James B Byrne <byrn...@harte-lyne.ca> writes:

James> On Fri, December 25, 2020 12:43, John Stoffel wrote:

>> 
>> Why don't you setup a local only postfix instance on the same host as
>> the application, which only listed on 127.0.0.1:25, which the dumb
>> Java app can then send email through *without encryption*, then let
>> the local postfix instance do all the hard work of sending the email
>> to other servers using encryption?
>> 
>> It seems like the simpler setup to get working right, and gets most of
>> the pain in the Java app out of the way.
>> 
>> John
>> 

James> That is reasonable suggestion and is a possibility which I have
James> considered several times.  However, in this case the
James> application is being evaluated for its suitability to replace
James> and existing one.  Bypassing this particular problem with
James> Postfix only exposes the next arising from the application's
James> unwillingness to accept our certificates.

Sure, then the application is pretty much failing your acceptance
tests.  *grin*.

James> It is established to my satisfaction that this is not a Postfix
James> issue.  Therefore,this has to be a configuration issue within
James> the application itself.  If I do not solve it now then at some
James> point it is going to cause another problem, likely when we do
James> not have the luxury of time to figure it out.

Good luck then!

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