On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 04:59:19PM +1000, mpierce wrote:
> Using exim-tls_3.35-3woody1
>
> I've spent countless hours trying to get this to work with failure (and
> now a mild degree of frustration). In process of changing from my
> current ADSL ISP supplier to another, so the line has to be terminated
> for 1-2 weeks during changeover forcing me to use a dialup connection
> during the interim.
>
> Cannot get mail due to error:
> ...fetchmail: SMTP connect to localhost failed
> fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from
[...]
> What am I doing wrong that this will not authenticate me at the dialin
> ISP, mail.optusnet.com.au?
There is absolutely no connection between exim using SMTP AUTH to send
to mail.optusnet.com.au and fetchmail failing to connect to localhost.
cu andreas
PS: The SMTP AUTH looks ok, though.
