Bug 51403 – ssmtp uses STARTTLS before ehlo | exim doesn't accept this

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[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) 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.