Re: [exim] One user can't authenticate

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Author: yan
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] One user can't authenticate
On 11/02/2013 03:07 PM, yan wrote:
> I have one user who can't send email. She can receive it via dovecot,
> she can log in, but exim refuses to accept her credentials.
>
> From Mozilla Thuderbird:
> 2013-11-02 14:48:09 plain_server authenticator failed for
> mail.seiner.com [192.168.128.2]: 535 Incorrect authentication data
> (set_id=noriko)
>
> From android phone:
> 2013-11-02 14:53:45 plain_server authenticator failed for
> android-f16cd01f484477db.seiner.lan (infraware.co.kr)
> [192.168.128.131]: 535 Incorrect authentication data (set_id=noriko)
> 2013-11-02 14:53:58 TLS error on connection from
> android-f16cd01f484477db.seiner.lan (infraware.co.kr)
> [192.168.128.131] (send): The specified session has been invalidated
> for some reason.
>
> I am stumped; all other users work fine, and I can't find anything
> that is unusual about her account.
>
> It's not an MUA issue as it happens from both an android phone and a
> desktop.
>
> Where can I look? AFAIK exim uses the standard linux authentication,
> and this user can log in, retrieve emails from dovecot, but can't send
> through exim. :headscratch:
>


I am using pam for authentication. As I said, all other users and apps
work fine.

  plain_server:
   driver = plaintext
   public_name = PLAIN
   server_condition           = ${if pam{$auth2:${sg{$auth3}{:}{::}} 
}{true}{false}}
   server_advertise_condition = ${if eq{$tls_cipher}{}{false}{true}}
   server_set_id = $auth2
   server_prompts = :


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