Re: [exim] Exim4 using libsecret, secret-tool or keyring?

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Author: Heiko Schlittermann
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Exim4 using libsecret, secret-tool or keyring?
jradxl5--- via Exim-users <exim-users@???> (Mi 21 Apr 2021 14:59:20 CEST):
> I have Exim4 running on my Ubuntu 20.10 server and have successfully got local mail and SMTP outgoing to a SmartHost working fine. Thus, I now have the host and password stored in /etc/exim4/passwd.client
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> Is it possible to get Exim4 to request this password from an encrypted source, such as libsecret's secret-tool or something else like password.store, in a similar way as msmtp can be configured to do.


Not out of the box.

But you can use the embedded Perl interpreter, or run external programs,
connect to simple TCP sockets. May some of these methods fits to
you way for storing the password.

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Heiko