Re: [Exim] Exim 4 vs Apple Mail 1.3.8 (v618)

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Autor: Jonathan Mao
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To: exim-users
Betreff: Re: [Exim] Exim 4 vs Apple Mail 1.3.8 (v618)
Hi everyone

Many thanks to those who responded to this post.

It's all working now!!

The sysadmin modified their plain text authenticator and it works now!


Best regards

Jonathan

On 9 Aug 2004, at 7:09 PM, FC wrote:

> []Hi
>>
>> Please excuse my lack of correct jargon. Also, I'm not the mail admin,
>> I'm the client trying to connect. The mail admin is also looking into
>> the problem.
>>
>> I'm trying to connect to an Exim 4 mail server. However, I can't
>> authenticate.
>>
>> We're using Exim 4, and the error that comes up is "Incorrect
>> Authentication Data". This happens when I enter the mail server name
>> and choose "password" as the authentication method. I've checked the
>> username and password are correct.
>>
>> They've figured out that it has something to do with the way Apple
>> Mail
>> is presenting the authentication data but don't know the syntax that
>> the mail client wants from the authenticator.
>>
>> Has anybody successfully connected to an Exim mail server using Apple
>> Mail?
>>
>> My system is:
>> Mac OS X 10.3.4 on a Powerbook 17"
>> 1GB RAM
>> loads of disk space
>>
>> Any suggestions would be really appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks again.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>> Jonathan Mao
>> Intrinsic Digital
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