Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2010 12:30:29 -0400 From: Chris Brennan <xaero@xaerolimit.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ssmtp - possible anomaly with SSL Message-ID: <AANLkTimt44wvF8pf5JO_zTatw79XLmsoK39OudohP22x@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20101106160153.GA12418@guilt.hydra> References: <201011060723.39786.FreeBSD@insightbb.com> <20101106160153.GA12418@guilt.hydra>
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On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 06, 2010 at 07:23:39AM -0400, Steven Friedrich wrote: > > I recently figured out how to send mail thru my ISP ID using ssmtp. I > had > > previously only been using KMail, and I had it configured to use port 465 > SSL > > LOGIN. > > > > I can send mail when I don't use port 465: > > mailhub=mail.InsightBB.com > > > > but if I add the port 465 a,d enable SSL with: > > UseTLS=YES > > > > then I use the -v switch and also -auFreeBSD -apPassword > > as in smtp -v -auFreeBSD -apPassword freebsd@insightbb.com > > > > and the messages all indicate success, but the mail never arrives. It > does > > when I don't use SSL on port 465. > > > > KMail does work with SSL on port 465. > > I'm not entirely clear on what you're using as a mail user agent. Are > you still using KMail as your MUA, but using ssmtp to send the emails to > your SMTP server, or have you switched MUAs when you started using ssmtp? > > Chris Brennan suggested you send more information; in addition to > answering my question, it might be useful to give us the information > Chris requested -- but make sure you obscure any username/password > information. > If you reference my last e-mail, I posted my my working ssmtp.conf (for communicating w/ GMail/Google for Domains). If sSMTP is your only MTA, then using my example will get you up and running very quickly. You can also reference http://wiki.freebsd.org/SecureSSMTP on how to secure it (if this is a (semi-)public machine with more then one user on it. > > -- > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] >
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