Re: [exim] Debugging SMTP relay

At 11:29 pm +0200 2004/09/05, Johan Parin wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Total newbie here. I've just set up exim as the primary mail server
>for my own little domain. My problem currently is that I can't do SMTP
>relay for my PocketPC running Inbox connecting via GPRS. My setup is:
[...]
>2004-09-05 23:03:58 refused relay (host) to <addr> from <addr>
>H=(Inbox) [217.213.132.254]
>
>By running a network sniffer I can see that the PPC does a
>STARTTLS. After that, since it's encrypted it's impossible to see
>what's happening. I'm confident that I have entered the correct
>username/password on the PPC.
>
>I tried to set log_level to 6, but that didn't give any additional
>information.
>
>Any suggestions on what the problem could be here and how I can debug
>this?

just a suggestion. Do not advertise tls to and accept AUTH over clear
for the PPC. Use a test account that you can then delete and sniff
the packets again.
At least you can see if there is an AUTH problem and perhaps fix it.

Giuliano