I wanted to add, make sure you have compatible ciphers, you may have
enabled STARTTLS but if you cannot negotiate a cypher, then the point is
moot ;)

A packet capture when STARTTLS is initiated will tell you what ciphers are
offered and which one is negotiated.

On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 12:03 PM, Franck Martin <fmar...@linkedin.com>
wrote:

> I guess, once they have positive data on your domain, they should update
> the icon:
> https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/saferemail/#search=eastlink.ca
>
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 9:38 AM, Kirk MacDonald <
> kirk.macdon...@corp.eastlink.ca> wrote:
>
>> With thanks to Google for pushing the cause, I implemented STARTTLS
>> functionality on my org’s MX (as well as outbound SMTP with opportunistic
>> STARTTLS).
>>
>>
>>
>> Does anyone have any insight into how long it might take Gmail to
>> acknowledge the STARTTLS availability when composing a new message to a
>> domain at my org, and consequently not show the red unlocked padlock in the
>> compose message UI?
>>
>>
>>
>> I am assuming that for “known” domains Gmail caches results for STARTTLS
>> availability, rather than testing each time a message is composed. The TTL
>> in DNS for the MX record of the domain(s) has long since passed. My own
>> personal testing seems to indicate I didn’t do anything terribly stupid
>> when implementing STARTTLS at the MX.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Kirk MacDonald System Administrator*
>> Internet
>> Eastlink
>>
>>
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