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Bug 108317 - Postfix setup per the guide only uses SSL for incoming mail, not outgoing
Summary: Postfix setup per the guide only uses SSL for incoming mail, not outgoing
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: [OLD] Docs-user
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Virtual-mail HOWTO (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High minor (vote)
Assignee: Docs Team
URL: http://www.postfix.org//TLS_README.html
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Depends on:
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Reported: 2005-10-06 14:05 UTC by Johan Hellgren
Modified: 2006-01-07 17:11 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Runtime testing required: ---


Attachments
content patch (virt-mail-howto.xml.patch,422 bytes, patch)
2005-10-06 18:33 UTC, nm (RETIRED)
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Description Johan Hellgren 2005-10-06 14:05:00 UTC
The postfix config parameters listed in code listing 6.1 seem only to enable SSL
encryption for incoming mail. I added these parameters to enable outgoing SSL
encryption:

smtp_use_tls = yes
smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes

And that resulted in outgoing SSL encryption working.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Configure the software components per the guide up to and including chapter 6.
2. Send mail to recipient on other server.
3. Have the recipient reply.

Actual Results:  
No SSL used for the outgoing mail in step 2. SSL being used for the incoming
mail in step 3.

Expected Results:  
Encrypt in both directions. Adding the two extra postfix parameters in postfix's
config fixed that.
Comment 1 nm (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-10-06 18:33:17 UTC
Created attachment 70033 [details, diff]
content patch

I implemented the fix described by the bug reporter. I added it Code Listing
6.1 along with a short, helpful <comment> describing what it does.
Comment 2 Marcelo Goes (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-01-07 17:11:36 UTC
Fixed in cvs.
Thanks for reporting.