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Grant Sewell wrote: > I have read /usr/share/doc/exim4-base/README.Debian and done what I > think needed doing, and when I run nmap against my server, it now > advertises SMTPS on :465, but I cannae get it to actually work (I > think). I'm testing it by changing my Thunderbird settings (in a > separate profile) and trying to send a message to a GMail account I have. What do you mean by "advertises SMTPS on :465"? Just that exim has bound the port and is listening? > When using "SSL", I get the following unhelpful error message on > Thunderbird: > The server may be unavailable or is refusing SMTP connections. > > When using "TLS", I get the more helpful error: > Unable to connect to SMTP server "fileserver" via STARTTLS since it > doesn't offer STARTTLS in EHLO response. You have tls_advertise_hosts = * in your exim config and have set up the key and certificate for exim? Is there any useful information in the exim logs? James -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html