Re: [Exim] SMTP AUTH

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Autor: Andreas Metzler
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To: exim-users
Neue Treads: [Exim] Postfix to Exim?
Betreff: Re: [Exim] SMTP AUTH
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 12:54:00PM +0100, Antony Gelberg wrote:
[...]
> But that line is just for testing anyways. It also doesn't work when I do a
> test outgoing email from Outlook Express.

[...]

Iirc there are some clients that require the MTA to advertise "AUTH=LOGIN"
instead of "AUTH LOGIN", why don't you try with AUTH PLAIN, which is a
proper standard?

> Is the format of my /etc/exim/passwd okay? I've tried uncrypted passwords
> (as above), and copying and pasting a crypted password from /etc/shadow also
> doesn't work.


The example authenticators in exim3 (Debian woody) expect a colon
separated file with encrypted passwords, i.e.
bob:UAMw3v/VSBiEA
                cu andreas