Bug 51403

Summary:	ssmtp uses STARTTLS before ehlo \| exim doesn't accept this
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Hagen Pfeifer <hagen>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Net-Mail Packages <net-mail+disabled>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Hagen Pfeifer 2004-05-18 09:42:47 UTC

Ssmtp performe a STARTTLS, but does later the EHLO command.
Exim says:
SMTP protocol error in "STARTTLS" H=pd9eb9ee6.dip.t-dialin.net [217.235.158.230] STARTTLS command used when not advertised
SMTP>> 503 STARTTLS command used when not advertised
SMTP>> 421 XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX lost input connection

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. mutt -> send
2. tail -f exim.log


Actual Results:  
see details

Expected Results:  
performe a helo/ehlo and LATER a STARTTLS

Comment 1 Grant Goodyear (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-06-06 16:10:05 UTC

New version in CVS that fixes this problem.  Thanks to Hagen Paul Pfeifer
for letting me know about the fix.

Comment 2 Sybren Stüvel 2004-09-28 00:56:20 UTC

You need to add/set the following options in /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf in order for STARTTLS to be used properly:

UseTLS=NO
UseSTARTTLS=YES

The UseSTARTTLS isn't included in the example config file.