On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 03:21:58PM -0400, Chad Morland wrote:
> Firstly, STARTTLS will not encrypt your entire SMTP connection, just the
> AUTH info. 

Nonsense.

> Secondly, I am not sure why the email client is trying to connect on port
> 465, it should still connect to port 25. From there your client should see
> that STARTTLS is available and use it if you have specified that option in
> your settings.

STARTTLS is inline TLS, while your client expects a SSL'd SMTP on a
different port (can do that via stunnel and friends).

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