Re: [exim] Configuring Exim on Cygwin for ISP SMTP authentic…

Vaidya nathan wrote:
> Hi
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> I'm quite new to Exim & Cygwin.
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> But I could successfully download & install Exim on Cygwin with my Windows XP SP2.
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> I'm trying to configure exim (4.69) to send mail thru my service provider(SMTP). But my service provider requires a user/password for SMTP authentication & i'm unable to configure this. varlogeximexim_main.log shows the following error
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> 2009-08-26 10:59:33 KOYXX3-00023K-P0 ** user@??? R=send_to_gateway T=remote_smtp: SMTP error from remote mail server after MAIL FROM: SIZE=3241: host remote_mail_server [xx.xx.xx.xx]: 530 5.7.1 Client was not authenticated
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> My windows XP system is on a local domain (domainA.com) & my service provider is on a remote domain (domainB.com). I just need to transfer all the mails from exim over to the remote domain.
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> Any help is appreciated.
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> Thanks
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> Vaidy

You need to configure authentication for your smtp transport which may
require a recompile of your Exim binary. See here for details:
http://www.exim.org/exim-html-4.68/doc/html/spec_html/ch33.html