Re: [Exim] plain authenticator failed

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Author: Asbjørn Høiland Aarrestad
Date:  
To: Paul Warren
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] plain authenticator failed
Paul Warren wrote:

>On Tue, 2003-05-20 at 14:49, Asbjørn Høiland Aarrestad wrote:
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>>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)
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>>What is the reason for this?
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>Difficult to say. SMTP AUTH can be a bit of a pig to get working, but
>it's impossible to say what the exact problem is here without:
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>a) a copy of (the relevant parts of) your exim config
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plain:
driver = plaintext
public_name = PLAIN
server_condition = "${if pam{$2:$3}{1}{0}}"
server_set_id = $2

login:
driver = plaintext
public_name = LOGIN
server_prompts = "Username:: : Password::"
server_condition = "${if pam{$1:$2}{1}{0}}"
server_set_id = $1


>b) what mail client you are using
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