[ci skip] If possible, always negotiate for TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, TLS 1.2 for SMTP connections in CI_Email
diff --git a/system/libraries/Email.php b/system/libraries/Email.php
index 967a001..71740ee 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Email.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Email.php
@@ -2074,7 +2074,19 @@
$this->_send_command('hello');
$this->_send_command('starttls');
- $crypto = stream_socket_enable_crypto($this->_smtp_connect, TRUE, STREAM_CRYPTO_METHOD_TLS_CLIENT);
+ /**
+ * STREAM_CRYPTO_METHOD_TLS_CLIENT is quite the mess ...
+ *
+ * - On PHP <5.6 it doesn't even mean TLS, but SSL 2.0, and there's no option to use actual TLS
+ * - On PHP 5.6.0-5.6.6, >=7.2 it means negotiation with any of TLS 1.0, 1.1, 1.2
+ * - On PHP 5.6.7-7.1.* it means only TLS 1.0
+ *
+ * We want the negotiation, so we'll force it below ...
+ */
+ $method = is_php('5.6')
+ ? STREAM_CRYPTO_METHOD_TLSv1_0_CLIENT | STREAM_CRYPTO_METHOD_TLSv1_1_CLIENT | STREAM_CRYPTO_METHOD_TLSv1_2_CLIENT
+ : STREAM_CRYPTO_METHOD_TLS_CLIENT;
+ $crypto = stream_socket_enable_crypto($this->_smtp_connect, TRUE, $method);
if ($crypto !== TRUE)
{