smtp-auth from exim4 client to exim4 server

[Marc Haber]

Please use pkg-exim4-users for user-level questions to take some of
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On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 12:32:48AM +0200, Rainer Dorsch wrote:
> I found in the man page of exim4-config_files, that hostnames in passwd.client 
> need to have a reverse dns entry. But even with that, I do not get 
> authenticated correctly:
> 
> From the server (exim4) log:
> 2007-09-16 00:22:37 H=f051098206.adsl.alicedsl.de (silverboxy) [78.51.98.206] 
> F=<root at bokomoko.de> rejected RCPT <rdorsch at web.de>: relay not permitted
 
> 
> When I use the hostname with a reverse dns entry as smarthost (I use debconf 
> to modify the smarthost value), I get it working:

I do not understand the issue. Do you expect the exim4 client to
authenticate to smarthost A with the credentials given for host B?

Greetings
Marc

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