> Am Mi, den 30.11.2005 schrieb Hongwei Li um 21:32: > >> Thank you very much for the help! I uncomment the line >> >> DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=submission, Name=MSA, M=Ea')dnl >> >> but, I have a question: if outlook express does not use port 587, then what >> to >> do? How to make sure that if outlook express finds port 25 blocked, it will >> try port 587? > > You don't have to use SMTP AUTH through the submission port. It is > common to offer AUTH on standard port 25. > >> What about the other line >> >> dnl DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtps, Name=TLSMTA, M=s')dnl >> >> does that help if it is uncomment too? > > No need for that either. Even I think poorly designed MUAs like OE can > not handle SMTPS. > >> Hongwei > > Pleas read a howto for enabling SMTP AUTH running Sendmail, i.e. > following > > http://www.joreybump.com/code/howto/smtpauth.html > > Just note that the location of the TLS certificates changes with FC4 > release. So if you offer STARTTLS to secure insecure AUTH mechanisms > LOGIN and PLAIN (Outlook and OE can't use secure MD5 mechanisms) - which > is highly recommended to be secured - make sure you define the propers > paths. > > Alexander > A question: when I run make sendmail.pem, it asks: Country Name (2 letter code) [GB]: does GB mean "Great British"? I am in USA, so what should I enter? US? Thanks! Hongwei
