Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:46:02 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ssmtp configuration for server authorization Message-ID: <BF14465EC049950EB340BEF9@utd59514.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <60390.24.9.123.251.1200469140.squirrel@apotheon.net> References: <60194.24.9.123.251.1200468042.squirrel@apotheon.net> <60390.24.9.123.251.1200469140.squirrel@apotheon.net>
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--On Wednesday, January 16, 2008 00:39:00 -0700 perrin@apotheon.com wrote: >> >> This is my ssmtp.conf: > > (yadda yadda) > > I probably should have included a tail of my /var/log/maillog file: > > Jan 16 00:08:00 laptop sSMTP[6976]: Unable to connect to \ > "mail.domain.org" port 25. > Jan 16 00:08:00 laptop sSMTP[6976]: Cannot open mail.domain.org:25 > > As with the previous message, the server name and local hostname have been > sanitized thus: > > "laptop" is the local machine using ssmtp > "domain" is the domain of the email address and SMTP server > This might give you a clue: smtp 25/tcp mail #Simple Mail Transfer smtp 25/udp mail #Simple Mail Transfer smtps 465/tcp #smtp protocol over TLS/SSL (was ssmtp) smtps 465/udp #smtp protocol over TLS/SSL (was ssmtp) Unless you've configured your MTA in a non-standard way, smtps is on port 465 not 25. -- Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
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