On Sat, 3 Jan 2009, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote:
>
> I have an exim install handling a lot of users and domains. 99.9999% of
> the users use webmail, so I have never had an issue. However, I have
> recently had a few users request the use of an outside client
> (Thunderbird), so I am setting up an authenticator. Here is what I have:
>
> begin authenticators
>
> login:
> driver = plaintext
> public_name = LOGIN
> server_prompts = "Username:: : Password::"
> server_condition = "${if crypteq{$2}{${extract{1}{:}{${lookup{$1}lsearch{/etc/exim/config/auth.users}{$value}{*:*}}}}}{1}{0}}"
> server_set_id = $1
>
> This works, and works great. However, it takes FOREVER to happen. I
> setup Thunderbird to use authentication and when I send a message, it
> takes sometimes more then 30 seconds to ask for the password. Once I
> enter the password, the message is sent immediately. I have tried
> disabling the hostname lookups, and nothing changes.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
Run exim in debug mode and see exactly where
the delay is.
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