Re: [exim] Bug in Exim->Dovecot Auth SMTP

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Author: Nigel Metheringham
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To: Chris Laif
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Bug in Exim->Dovecot Auth SMTP

On 5 Feb 2008, at 21:09, Chris Laif wrote:
> This bug can be fixed by adding a "close(fd);" in src/auths/dovecot.c.
> Without the close()-call Exim does not shut down the connection and a
> subsequent connection (announcing the same client PID during
> handshake) will fail. You'll most likely see the above warning message
> if a SMTP client tries multiple auth mechanisms with a wrong password.
>
> Would be nice to have this fixed upstream in the Exim source.
>
> Please also have a look at:
> http://www.exim.org/lurker/message/20071127.164551.f35ace1e.ja.html



This appears to be different from bug 646
http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=646

I've therefore opened a new bug for it...
http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=667

    Nigel.
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