[gentoo-user] Re: SSL CUPS and SMTP on port 587

[Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>]

> Does anyone have any experience printing with CUPS via SSL?  I need to
> print across the internet so I need the data to be transmitted via
> SSL.  I know CUPS supports SSL, but I can't find any information on
> making it work.  This guys has the same problem:
>
> http://www.cups.org/newsgroups.php?s15392+gcups.general+v15401+T0
>
> My ISP (Cox) blocks outgoing port 25 so I can't submit mail to my
> remote mail server.  From what I understand, port 587 is commonly used
> to get around this.  Can I have postfix listen on port 25 and port
> 587?  Has anyone set that up?
>
> - Grant

For SSL CUPS, I have 'SSLPort 443' in the CUPS server's cupsd.conf and
'ServerName <hostname>:443' in the client's client.conf.  'lpr
file.pdf' on the client prints and I get "cupsdCloseClient: SSL
shutdown successful!" in the server's error log after printing.  I
think it's working.

- Grant
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