ColdFusion 8 and ssl email

> My ISP changed smtp access to use ssl. I have reconfigured my setting > in outlook and all is well. > Using the same values in cf8 admin i cannot connect to the server if i > enable use ssl checkbox. > If Enable SSL socket connections to mail server > is not checked then when sending an email it's stuck in undeliverable > folder and the following msg in logs: > "Error","scheduler-1","01/06/09","11:17:03",Must issue a STARTTLS command first The error message indicates your ISP isn't using SSL, they are using TLS. There are 2 ways to do transport security for SMTP. You can first do the SSL handshake and then over the protected path do the SMTP handshake. That is SSL and typically runs on port 465. You can also do the SMTP handshake first, then signal to the other party that you are switching to a protected path with the STARTTLS command, do the TLS handshake and then do a new SMTP handshake over the protected path. This method allows you to run both protected and insecure SMTP on the same port, port 25. I think CF can do both if you combine the right protocol and port: 25 + TLS or 465 + SSL.. Jochem