Re: [msmtp-users] TLS woes

[Martin Lambers <marlam@...23...>]

On Mon, 14. Aug 2006, 09:43:58 -0400, Mat Schaffer wrote:
> So I'm trying to get msmtp to talk to one of my company's mail  
> servers.  It does TLS on port 25, and I can get my mail client  
> (Mail.app) to talk to it fine.  But msmtp just yields:
> 
> "TLS handshake failed: A record packet with illegal version was  
> received."
> 
> My TLS settings are:
> tls             = on
> tls_trust_file  = (not set)
> tls_key_file    = (not set)
> tls_cert_file   = (not set)
> tls_starttls    = off
> tls_certcheck   = off

If the server uses TLS on port 25, it should use STARTTLS for that.
Please try to enable tls_starttls.

> I did a test run watching the traffic in ethereal.  The thing that  
> caught my attention was a:
> Response: 502 Error: command not implemented
> 
> That came from the server.  But because it's TLS I can't see what's  
> happening from ethereal and I can't find a way to get msmtp to spit  
> out what it's sending when using TLS either.
> 
> I'm guessing the server is screwy, but I don't have any control over  
> that.  So I'll have to find a way to make msmtp (or another similar  
> program) to play with the weird kid.

If using STARTTLS does not help, then I need more information.
What does "msmtp --version" say? 
Does "msmtp --serverinfo" work if you disable TLS? 

Regards,
Martin