From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 16 18:46:03 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DC9F16A41A for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:46:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from smtp3.utdallas.edu (smtp3.utdallas.edu [129.110.10.49]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DDAE13C447 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:46:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from utd59514.utdallas.edu (utd59514.utdallas.edu [129.110.3.28]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp3.utdallas.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9675765507 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:46:02 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:46:02 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <60390.24.9.123.251.1200469140.squirrel@apotheon.net> References: <60194.24.9.123.251.1200468042.squirrel@apotheon.net> <60390.24.9.123.251.1200469140.squirrel@apotheon.net> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: ssmtp configuration for server authorization X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:46:03 -0000 --On Wednesday, January 16, 2008 00:39:00 -0700 perrin@apotheon.com wrote: >> >> This is my ssmtp.conf: > > (yadda yadda) > > I probably should have included a tail of my /var/log/maillog file: > > Jan 16 00:08:00 laptop sSMTP[6976]: Unable to connect to \ > "mail.domain.org" port 25. > Jan 16 00:08:00 laptop sSMTP[6976]: Cannot open mail.domain.org:25 > > As with the previous message, the server name and local hostname have been > sanitized thus: > > "laptop" is the local machine using ssmtp > "domain" is the domain of the email address and SMTP server > This might give you a clue: smtp 25/tcp mail #Simple Mail Transfer smtp 25/udp mail #Simple Mail Transfer smtps 465/tcp #smtp protocol over TLS/SSL (was ssmtp) smtps 465/udp #smtp protocol over TLS/SSL (was ssmtp) Unless you've configured your MTA in a non-standard way, smtps is on port 465 not 25. -- Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/