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and subject line STARTTLS is configurable
has caused the Debian Bug report #282138,
regarding ssmtp insists on using TLS and fails when the server doesn't eat
STARTTLS
to be marked as done.
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If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
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282138: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=282138
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Package: ssmtp
Version: 2.60.9
Using smtp to contact my ISP's mail server fails because ssmtp
seems to insist on using the STARTTLS command during the SMTP
session. My ISP (sadly) doesn't support TLS, which makes
ssmtp 2.60.9 unusable with their mail server.
An example speaks a thousand words:
$ /usr/sbin/ssmtp -t -v < ~/tmp/evocrash
[<-] 220 en de aanvullende voorwaarden van uw abonnement.
[->] EHLO bigsmoke.dyndns.org
[<-] 250 HELP
[->] STARTTLS
[<-] 500 unrecognized command
ssmtp: Cannot open mail.home.nl:25
Using 'telnet mail.home.nl 25' works just fine, so long as
I don't use the dreaded STARTTLS command:
$ telnet mail.home.nl 25
Trying 213.51.128.65...
Connected to mail.home.nl.
Escape character is '^]'.
220-smtp3.home.nl ESMTP Fri, 19 Nov 2004 23:32:06 +0100
220-Het is niet toegestaan deze server te gebruiken voor het versturen
van
220-spam, mass mails en ongewenste e-mail. Lees hiervoor ook de
voorwaarden
220 en de aanvullende voorwaarden van uw abonnement.
EHLO bigsmoke.dyndns.org
250-smtp3.home.nl Hello cc239355-a.groni1.gr.home.nl [217.122.220.105]
250-SIZE 52428800
250-PIPELINING
250 HELP
STARTTLS
500 unrecognized command
- Rowan
--
I'd never dare say `life's a bitch,'
because I am life's little bitch.
- BigSmoke <[email protected]>
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--- Begin Message ---
Support can be enabled/disabed in config.
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