/etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf has [smtp] client = yes accept = localhost:106 connect = mail.easthope.ca:465
Then swaks -s localhost -p 106 -f pe...@easthope.ca -t pe...@easthope.ca sends a test message. Whereas exim is configured according to https://wiki.debian.org/Exim and swaks -s localhost -p 25 -f pe...@easthope.ca -t pe...@easthope.ca produces no message and this in /var/log/exim4/mainlog. 2025-05-17 11:54:42 1uGMgE-0004Aw-2M <= pe...@easthope.ca H=localhost (imager.invalid) [::1] P=esmtp S=474 id=20250517115442.016053@imager.invalid 2025-05-17 11:54:42 1uGMgE-0004Aw-2M ** pe...@easthope.ca R=smarthost T=remote_smtp_smarthost: all hosts for 'easthope.ca' have been failing for a long time (and retry time not reached) 2025-05-17 11:54:43 1uGMgE-0004B1-37 <= <> R=1uGMgE-0004Aw-2M U=Debian-exim P=local S=1785 2025-05-17 11:54:43 1uGMgE-0004Aw-2M Completed 2025-05-17 11:54:43 1uGMgE-0004B1-37 ** pe...@easthope.ca R=smarthost T=remote_smtp_smarthost: all hosts for 'easthope.ca' have been failing for a long time (and retry time not reached) 2025-05-17 11:54:43 1uGMgE-0004B1-37 Frozen (delivery error message) Anything obvious? Thx, ... P. -- VoIP: +1 604 670 0140 work: en.wikibooks.org/wiki/User:PeterEasthope
