From: markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
  To  : <masqmail@marmaro.de>
  Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:56:51 +0200

Re: [masqmail] problem using wrapper option for smtp.google.com

[2011-10-12 16:18] Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com>
> On Wed, 12 Oct 2011, Juergen Daubert wrote:
> 
> > I guess you missed to add a
> >
> > instant_helo=true
> 
>    you loose...

I'm not sure how this comment was meant. Perhaps ironic.

To explain: If you encrypt with an external program (openssl), then
masqmail won't see the 220 greeting. Instead of waiting for a
greeting, it needs to write something itself first. This, however,
depends on the kind of wrapper you use. Masqmail can't know on its own
how to behave.

The need for instant-helo is documented in examples/openssl.route,
docs/simple-relay-setup and the man page masqmail.route(5).


Invoking external wrappers rather than building TLS support in is
mostly a philosophical decision.


meillo