Author: Asbjørn Høiland Aarrestad Date: To: Paul Warren, exim-users Subject: Re: [Exim] plain authenticator failed
Paul Warren wrote:
>On Tue, 2003-05-20 at 14:49, Asbjørn Høiland Aarrestad wrote:
>
>
>>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":
>>
>>-------
>>2003-05-20 08:28:55 plain authenticator failed for (aarrestad.com)
>>[129.177.43.16]: 535 Incorrect authentication data (set_id=asbjorn)
>>
>>
>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:
>
>a) a copy of (the relevant parts of) your exim config
>b) what mail client you are using
>
>
I should also add that it usually works. This message is sent from the
same computer as the one when it failed, and the "look on the computer"
is the same both when the mail is sent and when it fails (I just see it
in the logs, and the message is not sent)
