----- Original Message -----
From: "James Thoms" <james@???>
To: <exim-users@???>
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 5:55 PM
Subject: [Exim] SMTP AUTH failure for apple's mail.app
> Just wondering if anyone has found a work around for apple's mail.app(the
> default mail client) problem.
> Seems like it doesn't do authentication properly.
>
> I get 004-05-31 20:25:09 plain authenticator failed 535 Incorrect
> authentication data.
Note the clue "incorrect authentication data."
>
> http://www.talkaboutmac.com/group/comp.sys.mac.comm/messages/333971.html
>
>
> my exim.conf file has the following:
>
> begin authenticators
>
> plain:
> driver = plaintext
> public_name = PLAIN
> server_condition = "${perl{smtpauth}}"
> server_set_id = $2
>
Note that you are not *explicitly* passing $2 and $3 to perl{smtpauth}
> login:
> driver = plaintext
> public_name = LOGIN
> server_prompts = "Username:: : Password::"
> server_condition = "${perl{smtpauth}}"
> server_set_id = $1
>
Again, note that you are not *explicitly* passing $1 and $2 to
perl{smtpauth}
I don't believe your problem is with mail.app. I think your problem is with
perl{smtpauth}. Note that you are *also* not explicitly passing it the
authenticator type ("login" or "plain"). I am guessing it will only work
with one of these two authenticators, because it must be *assuming* which
fields are the username and password.
Regards,
Jim Roberts
Punster Productions, Inc.
