Got it. Will try it in a Debian forum.
Thanks so far.
From: Mike Brudenell [
mailto:mike.brudenell@york.ac.uk]
Sent: Dienstag, 25. April 2017 17:46
To: exim-users@???
Subject: Re: [exim] Problems with Smarthost configuration and space in the password
Hi, Sebastian -
As far as I know, there is nothing in Exim's standard configuration that creates/uses passwd.client and so on. Instead it has to be put into the configuration file by the person looking after the mail service.
However it might be that Debian have "helpfully" provided various standard setups for mail administrators to "just use". That means whether or not it works with spaces is determined by the configuration entries they wrote.
So as someone suggested originally, you might get a more definite answer from a Debian-specific forum as it's a Debian-created add-on to the standard Exim configuration.
Cheers,
Mike B-)
On 25 April 2017 at 16:29, Sebastian Lorenzen via Exim-users <exim-users@???<
mailto:exim-users@exim.org>> wrote:
Thanks for the replay!
It tried the following with no success so far:
Username:'passw ord'
Username:passw^word
Username:passw\ word
Nothing worked.
I always did a reload config and a restart of exim service
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From: Exim-users [mailto:exim-users-bounces+sebastian.lorenzen<mailto:exim-users-bounces%2Bsebastian.lorenzen>=outlook.com@???<
mailto:outlook.com@exim.org>] On Behalf Of George L. Yermulnik
Sent: Dienstag, 25. April 2017 17:00
To: exim-users@???<
mailto:exim-users@exim.org>
Subject: Re: [exim] Problems with Smarthost configuration and space in the password
Hello!
On Tue, 25 Apr 2017 at 12:34:57 (+0000), Sebastian Lorenzen via Exim-users wrote:
> You are right, it runs on a Debian wheezy.
> I followed one of the tutorials in the web like this one:
> http://www.pontikis.net/blog/gmail-smarthost-exim4-debian
> Very few steps and very simple. Not sure if this is specific to Debian.
http://www.pontikis.net/blog/gmail-smarthost-exim4-debian#highlighter_32669
{quote}
NOTE: if the password contains special characters ($, \, {}) you have to escape them.
{quote}
Open your /etc/exim4/passwd.client and escape space character with a backslash.
> On 25/04/17 12:11, Sebastian Lorenzen via Exim-users wrote:
> > Is a space in the password supported?
> It depends how you access it and manipulate it in your configuration.
> Since you refer to "exim4" I'm guessing this means Debian's configuration; you need to as in a Deb-specific forum.
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