Use of secure SMTP-servers (TLS 1.2/SSL 3.2) with Aleph
- Article Type: General
- Product: Aleph
- Product Version: 20
Problem Symptoms:
* migration to SMTP Exchange 2010, using TLS 1.2 (SSL3.2) is not possible
* Aleph mail is not able to authenticate with the SMTP server
Note: TLS = Transport Layer Security; SSL = Secure Sockets Layer.
Cause:
Aleph does not support SSL 3.2 in version 20
Resolution:
Aleph 22 and Aleph 21 (after with rpc # 2544) do support TLS 1.2/SSL 3.2 in emails sent from the GUI.
Additional Information
Text of rpc #2544 (Aleph 21):
Description: GUI, Mail - Add secure SMTP support for TLS1.2/SSL3.2.
Solution: Adding support for TLS and SSL configurations of SMTP server.
The default is 'NONE', which is no TLS/SSL support.
Implementation Notes:
In order to activate the new functionality, the following entry should be added in .\alephcom\tab\alephcom.ini under mail section:
[Mail]
;
;There are 3 options for SecureConnection type:
;
; NONE
; SSL
; TLS
;
;The default is SecureConnection=NONE
SecureConnection=NONE
It is recommended to use AlephAdm module to configure the mail parameters.
- Article last edited: 28-April-2016