keith@??? (Keith Robinson) writes:
> I was hoping there was an easier method than this. Oh well. I've
> configured exim authentication, but when I try to send, outlook
> rejects with an error. My syslog reads:
>
> Nov 28 14:56:36 harvey stunnel[18841]: Connection closed: 20013 bytes
> sent to SSL, 388 bytes sent to socket Nov 28 14:56:37 harvey
> imapd[18842]: Logout user=abc host=localhost [127.0.0.1]
So your IMAP and STUNNEL are causing a problem - and that's for downloading
mail, not sending it.
> I'm assuming (perhaps incorrectly) that the username and password has
> nothing to do with the users linux account and is basically just
> saying "if you know the password, we'll trust you and forward your
> mail." I know I can make it more account specific, but for the
> moment I just want something that works.
It depends. Your username and password for pop3 / imap and AUTH can be
either your linux account or something you set in (say) LDAP or MySQL.
Linux account is easiest, for small setups.
srs