Re: [Exim] smtp auth with exim as client

On 11/06/2003 Andreas J Mueller wrote:
> > and at the end of the config:
> > plain:
> > [...]
> > login:
> > [...]
> > cram_md5:
> > [...]
>
> You do not need to specify every authentication method if you want to
> use Exim only as a client. Just choose the one that your relay server
> supports. It doesn't hurt, though. :-)

mh, I know, but until it works i have no way to test which method works
;)

> > the authentification does not work. did I forget anything?
>
> Specify "authenticate_hosts = mail.example.com" in the smtp transport
> section. The Exim 4 equivalent option is named hosts_require_auth, if
> you ever want to upgrade.

mh, ok, so i added that, but for some hosts it still produces an error
message:
2003-06-11 19:19:03 19Q9FX-00022F-00 <= jonas@??? H=jonas.local.net [192.168.3.12] P=esmtp S=861 id=20030611172407.GL11765@???
2003-06-11 19:19:03 19Q9FX-00022F-00 ** test@??? R=lookuphost T=remote_smtp: retry time not reached for any host after a long failure period
2003-06-11 19:19:03 19Q9FX-00022K-00 <= <> R=19Q9FX-00022F-00 U=mail P=local S=1722
2003-06-11 19:19:03 19Q9FX-00022F-00 Error message sent to jonas@??? 19:19:03 19Q9FX-00022F-00 Completed
2003-06-11 19:19:17 19Q9FX-00022K-00 => jonas@??? R=lookuphost T=remote_smtp H=mail.example.com [217.125.142.123] X=TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168
2003-06-11 19:19:17 19Q9FX-00022K-00 Completed

it first tries to send it directly, fails, creates error mail, and then
sends it over smtp relay. do I understand it right?

bye
mejo

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