WHM setting up implicit SSL port 465 for exim
Hi, it was suggested that i set my exim for implicit SSL 465 for exim to match my current settings now that i have a cert for my servername.
So i went into exim and changed the port settings like so
But then a few minutes later i got a bunch of notices that my exim failed as the server could not conntect to port 25 so i set the exim ports back to default 25 : 465 : 587 and EXIM recovered and came back online after it restarted.
So i am not sure how to set the EXIM for implicit SMTP 465? Are there any docs on this? Or suggestions?
-
If you look here:
https://support.cpanel.net/hc/en-us/articles/360052485333-How-to-change-the-Exim-SMTP-port-from-25it says:
Changing the port for Exim to something other than 25 will prevent your server from receiving any mail.1 -
Ok thanks quietFinn, well i guess i will leave it as default since it seems to be working, the tech at namecheap just said he recommended i set up implicit SMTP 465 because of my new cert so i was trying to follow his suggestion lol If i understand implicit correctly it just means that SMTP 465 is the only way the server should be set up to connect and everything else blocked. Maybe he did not know about that doc text. Everything seems to work so maybe its time for me to stop trying to fix what is not broken since everything is fixed now and working lol :)
Also thanks for the doc link also. As always thank you so much for your assistance :)
0 -
if you go to WHM -> Service Configuration -> Exim Configuration Manager -> Basic Editor -> Security
there is a setting:
Require clients to connect with SSL or issue the STARTTLS command before they are allowed to authenticate with the server.Maybe that is what they meant.
1 -
Yes i agree that could be what they meant, thank you for that. That setting is already enabled :)
0
Please sign in to leave a comment.
Comments
4 comments