Bug#244724: if authentication is used, exim4 does not use hostname given by user as index

[Faheem Mitha]

On Sun, 24 Dec 2006, Marc Haber wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 09:18:30PM +0200, Andre Heynatz wrote:

>> I tried to configure exim4 for my ISP's mail account, 1&1. The hostname 
>> given by 1&1:

>> auth.mail.onlinehome.de

>> I created a passwd.client file with the following content:

>> auth.mail.onlinehome.de:myusername:mypassword

>> and changed other settings as described in
>> /usr/share/doc/exim4-base/README.SMTP-AUTH.

This file no longer exists, as of 4.72-6+squeeze2 (I'm running squeeze).

> This has become a recurring issue and is documented now in
> the exim4-config_files(5) man page.

I just ran into this bug. I did not read the discussion carefully, 
but since it has been open for 7 years, I assume it is not so easy to fix.

I just want to say that the exim4-config_files man page is not the first, 
or the second, or the third place I would think of looking for the 
solution to this problem. :-) Therefore, may I respectfully suggest that 
the relevant paragraph from the exim4-config_files man page be copied to 
the top of /etc/exim4/passwd.client or at a miniumum a pointer be added 
there? Bear in mind that an auth failure doesn't not immediately point to 
a config issue. Thanks for your attention.

                                                          Regards, Faheem