Bug#311211: exim4: upgrade to 4.50-6 breaks smtp-auth client config

[Marc Haber]

On Sun, May 29, 2005 at 05:05:33PM -0500, Matt Walters wrote:
> I just realized today that after the May 26th or 27th testing upgrade to
> version 4.50-6, none of my outgoing mail has been sent via my SSL and
> AUTH-enabled smarthost (using /etc/exim4/passwd.client). I had not had
> a problem for several months with exim4 as an auth ssl client.

>From which version did you upgrade?

> Adding my hostname to "dc_other_hostnames" below
> fixed this problem.

This looks like you got bitten by the change to the /etc/mailname
handling which we introduced a few versions ago. Please see the
NEWS.Debian file.

If you can still reproduce the bug, please put a message on the queue,
and deliver a typescript of exim4 -d -M $MESSAGE_ID which shows a
failed delivery attempt.

Greetings
Marc

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