Sendmail Error: STARTTLS: read error=generic SSL error (0)

[Gerry Doris]

> Hi,
>
> I am getting a hundreds of log entries saying:
>
>     STARTTLS: read error=generic SSL error (0)
>
> and I am not sure why. I did some research and found recommendations of
> putting the line:
>
>     define(`confENVDEF', `-D_FFR_DEAL_WITH_ERROR_SSL')
>
> in my M4 file, but upon doing that and rebuilding/restarting, I still
> get the log entries.
>
> Can anyone explain to me exactly what this error message means and what
> I need to do to fix it? (Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I am
> still very much a sendmail noob).
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Donald Tyler

I did a google and it mentioned the following to fix the error...

See devtools/README for the correct syntax, it's

APPENDDEF(`confENVDEF', `-D_FFR_DEAL_WITH_ERROR_SSL')

Please see www.sendmail.org/~ca/email/sm-812.html