Re: [exim] Authentication for sending

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Autor: Michael Johnson
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Temat: Re: [exim] Authentication for sending
On Oct 20, 2004, at 5:49 PM, Giuliano Gavazzi wrote:

> At 5:35 pm -0400 2004/10/20, Michael Johnson wrote:
>> On Oct 20, 2004, at 5:17 PM, Giuliano Gavazzi wrote:
>>
> [...]
>>> The server_secret is the password in clear, so you could lookup the
>>> user ($1) in a database to find the corresponding password.
>>
>> So the server_set_id should still be $1 since that's the ID of the
>> user I'm trying to check, right?
>
> I'm pretty sure that's the case (but you can look up the spec.txt file
> for safety), well, it should be otherwise I don't think you would have
> had that log line. But the server_set_id line is not essential, as far
> as I know. In the spec.txt you will also find a sample lookup of the
> password in a plain file.


The plain file is what I had before. I'm trying to get away from that.
With or without, it's not working.

I don't see anything in system.log, secure.log, or any of the exim logs.

>
> (I hope it is alright that I also send my replies directly to you)


No problem. It worked out well since I was "on hold" for a bit from
the list. There was a problem getting list mail to me.

-Michael

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