Re: [exim] Upgrade blues...

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Author: Odhiambo G. Washington
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Upgrade blues...
* On 29/09/05 02:15 +0800, Niclas Hedhman wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I recently did the mistake of upgrading both my KMail client (to v1.7) and
> Exim4 (whatever version is in Debian testing)...


Mistake?

Whatever version???

/path/to/exim -bV will tell you the version.


> Now, authenticated SMTP no longer works, no matter what I try.



What did you try? What do you see in mainlog related to the problem?

> In KMail's "Check what the server supports" also yields different
> results in KMail 1.7 and KMail 1.8, so I am utterly confused.


Same to us here. What is KMail and what does it have to do with Exim
and ASMTP?

> On the server, I do an extraction of mail-users from /etc/shadow and creates a
> new /etc/exim4/passwd for authentication.


What does your authenticators look like?

> I have also got the Outlook hack enabled,


What is Outlook hack? Where can I find it?

> and Mailman mailing list in the mix, otherwise fairly stock config.


You sound mixed up yourself, because you are not sure of the problem
you need assistance with!


> www.hedhman.org on port 25 is where it is running.



So?

> Does anyone have any pointers about this?


While you really need to read this:

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#beprecise



.. the following entry from the wiki might help you:

http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/FAQ/Policy_controls/Q0730


You want us to administer your server for you, yes?


        cheers
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