Re: [exim] SMTP AUTH strategy

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Author: W B Hacker
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To: exim users
Subject: Re: [exim] SMTP AUTH strategy
jean-paul natola wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm trying to come up with a solution for allowing SMTP AUTH for a few users-
>
> The reason I say only a few users is the following;
>
> My setup here is BSD running Exim /Clam & SA-
>
> 90% of my users bypass this box when sending mail as they connect directly to an Exchange server, However, we have a few users that are unable to do this as they are in 3rd world countries that do not, as of yet have broadband- so they normally send smtp via their ISP's SMTP server- ( which WAS working ok) now we have numerous issues-
>
> an example of one is here;
> 554 5.7.1 Service unavailable; Client host [41.204.40.26] blocked using sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org; http://www.spamhaus.org/SBL/sbl.lasso?query=SBL52368
>
> another issue was that on multiple occasions , the ISP's server got screwed up and kept resending messages for a period of 72 hours -
>
> so we had received the same messages approx 2 hundred times over a weekend - till I was able to get them to remove the message from the queue;
>
> So I would like to have these particular users send via my SMTP with AUTH, however , since all the user accounts i have here reside on my exchange server they do not have accounts on the BSD box-
>
> What avenues should I be exploring given my circumstances-
> any ideas/thoughts/suggestions would be greatly appreciated-
>
> TIA
>


KISS.

Virtual users on Exim

Submission with TLS on port 587, optionally a few 'custom' ports if firewalling
even that one is an issue.

Sync the Exchange userlist and auth creds as well, just in case (LDAP export?)

Road well-traveled, (Linux or Unix) and copious examples in docs and archives
here, including several folks who 'do' Exchange integration. To the extent one
can do, anyway.

Bill