[Exim] plain authenticator failed

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Author: Asbjørn Høiland Aarrestad
Date:  
To: exim-users
Subject: [Exim] plain authenticator failed
hi!

I have a repeating problem with my setup. Sometimes (when using my exim
server as external relay with auth) I get the following error message in
"exim_rejectlog":

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2003-05-20 08:28:55 plain authenticator failed for (aarrestad.com)
[129.177.43.16]: 535 Incorrect authentication data (set_id=asbjorn)
2003-05-20 08:28:57 plain authenticator failed for (aarrestad.com)
[129.177.43.16]: 535 Incorrect authentication data (set_id=asbjorn)
2003-05-20 08:28:59 plain authenticator failed for (aarrestad.com)
[129.177.43.16]: 535 Incorrect authentication data (set_id=asbjorn)
2003-05-20 08:29:01 plain authenticator failed for (aarrestad.com)
[129.177.43.16]: 535 Incorrect authentication data (set_id=asbjorn)
2003-05-20 08:29:02 plain authenticator failed for (aarrestad.com)
[129.177.43.16]: 535 Incorrect authentication data (set_id=asbjorn)
2003-05-20 08:29:04 plain authenticator failed for (aarrestad.com)
[129.177.43.16]: 535 Incorrect authentication data (set_id=asbjorn)
2003-05-20 08:29:06 plain authenticator failed for (aarrestad.com)
[129.177.43.16]: 535 Incorrect authentication data (set_id=asbjorn)
2003-05-20 08:29:08 plain authenticator failed for (aarrestad.com)
[129.177.43.16]: 535 Incorrect authentication data (set_id=asbjorn)
2003-05-20 08:29:09 plain authenticator failed for (aarrestad.com)
[129.177.43.16]: 535 Incorrect authentication data (set_id=asbjorn)
2003-05-20 08:29:11 plain authenticator failed for (aarrestad.com)
[129.177.43.16]: 535 Incorrect authentication data (set_id=asbjorn)
2003-05-20 08:29:13 plain authenticator failed for (aarrestad.com)
[129.177.43.16]: 535 Incorrect authentication data (set_id=asbjorn)
2003-05-20 08:29:13 SMTP call from (aarrestad.com) [129.177.43.16]
dropped: too many nonmail commands (last was "AUTH")

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What is the reason for this?


regards
Asbjørn