Author: Andrew Radamis Date: To: exim-users, Andrew Radamis Subject: Re: [exim] Smarthost with smtp-auth
On 6/11/07, Phil Pennock <exim-users@???> wrote: >
> On 2007-06-11 at 01:19 -0400, Andrew Radamis wrote:
> > My wonderful ISP has suddenly (like today I think) decided that I can no
> > longer send any mail anywhere on port 25, including there own mail
> servers.
> > They do however allow it through port 587, with smtp-auth. This breaks
> my
> > smart host and I cannot find how to setup the smart host to send
> smtp-auth.
> > I know I'm probably just missing this somewhere, can someone point me in
> the
> > right direction please?
>
> The Exim Specification, Section 33.5. Authentication by an Exim client
> "spec.txt" comes with the Exim source; the doc is also available online
> as web-pages and for download in various formats. www.exim.org, see
> docs link on left. That also provides historical documentation
> versions, so if you're not running 4.6x then you can find the exact
> documentation you need there; the client-side auth stuff hasn't changed
> much recently (that I recall).
>
>
> http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch33.html#SECID170 >
> You basically want to copy/paste the generic remote_smtp transport to a
> new one called isp_smarthost_smtp, then change the smarthost Router to
> use this. Then adjust isp_smarthost_smtp to specify "port" and
> "hosts_require_auth"/"hosts_try_auth".
>
> You then have authenticators in the authenticators section; one or more
> of them will need to be configured for client authentication. If you
> telnet to your smarthost on 587 and type EHLO then you should see an
> AUTH capability listed, with parameters indicating which mechanisms the
> ISP supports. One of your client authenticators will need to implement
> one of those mechanisms.
>
> Sections 34 through 38 (inclusive) of the Spec cover the various
> authenticators. If you have to use the plaintext authenticator (for
> PLAIN or LOGIN) then please consider ensuring that you set up TLS client
> support too.
>
> Regards,
> -Phil
>
