From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 6 16:30:53 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E2AB1065673 for ; Sat, 6 Nov 2010 16:30:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xaero@xaerolimit.net) Received: from mail-ey0-f182.google.com (mail-ey0-f182.google.com [209.85.215.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D00498FC18 for ; Sat, 6 Nov 2010 16:30:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eyb7 with SMTP id 7so2250984eyb.13 for ; Sat, 06 Nov 2010 09:30:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.213.14.146 with SMTP id g18mr2750697eba.18.1289061050088; Sat, 06 Nov 2010 09:30:50 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.213.10.65 with HTTP; Sat, 6 Nov 2010 09:30:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20101106160153.GA12418@guilt.hydra> References: <201011060723.39786.FreeBSD@insightbb.com> <20101106160153.GA12418@guilt.hydra> From: Chris Brennan Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2010 12:30:29 -0400 Message-ID: To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: ssmtp - possible anomaly with SSL X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2010 16:30:53 -0000 On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Chad Perrin 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 ] >