[Pkg-exim4-users] Re: Exim4 delivery question

[Marc Haber]

On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 09:33:03AM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote:
> >In /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template I added 
> >smtp_accept_max_per_connection = 100 as per the exim docs but keep
> >getting the error. No error message shows up when I run
> >update-exim4.conf, but the 10 message limit persists.
> 
> Thanks to Bob for the pointer to the 'correct' way to solve this.
> I had read that in the FAQ, yet somehow put in the 
> 'smtp_accept_max_per_connection' instead.  :-(

Good to see the issue solved.

> >As a side note, my ISP claims to support LOGIN, PLAIN and CRAM_MD5 logins:
> 
> 
> >220 corpweb.trip.net ESMTP Sendmail 8.13.4/8.13.4; Thu, 19 May 2005 15:47:15 -0500 (CDT)
> >EHLO
> 
> >501 5.0.0 EHLO requires domain address
> >EHLO intergate.com
> >250-corpweb.trip.net Hello host-69-95-14-38.roc.choiceone.net [69.95.14.38], pleased to meet you
> >250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
> >250-PIPELINING
> >250-8BITMIME
> >250-SIZE 40000000
> >250-DSN
> >250-ETRN
> >250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5
> >250-DELIVERBY
> >250 HELP
> >
> >But if I have mutt configured with "set reply_to=ask-yes" and "set
> > followup_to" I get this error:
> >
> >SMTP error from remote mailer after
> >RCPT TO:<pkg-exim4-users-request@lists.alioth.debian.org>:
> >host smtp.intergate.com [216.139.64.8]: 550 5.7.1 
> > <pkg-exim4-users-request@lists.alioth.debian.org>... Relaying denied. 
> >Proper authentication required.
> 
> 
> Marc
> 
>   Here are the results of the debug
> 
> ---  with cram_md5 + plain + login all enabled ----
> 
> 2005-06-06 09:04:15 1DfHDv-00034s-D5 cram_md5 authenticator failed H=smtp.intergate.com [216.139.64.8] 535 5.7.0 authentication failed
> 2005-06-06 09:04:16 1DfHDv-00034s-D5 => pkg-exim4-users@lists.alioth.debian.org F=<huntbrittany@intergate.com> P=<huntbrittany@intergate.com> R=smarthost T=remote_smtp_smarthost S=314 H=smtp.intergate.com [216.139.64.8]:25 C="250 2.0.0 j56D6mja007303 Message accepted for delivery" QT=3m17s DT=3s
> 2005-06-06 09:04:16 1DfHDv-00034s-D5 Completed QT=3m17s

These are the log entries, and not the output of a delivery attempt
invoked with exim4 -d.

> Maybe they did get my mail?  Cram_md5 still fails but the mail was accepted????

Probably. A real debug output will help here.

> ---------- Plain + Login enabled -------------------
> 
> 2005-06-06 09:23:14 1DfHZS-0003zH-MI "wtopa@intergate.com" from env-from rewritten as "huntbrittany@intergate.com" by rule 2
> 2005-06-06 09:23:14 1DfHZS-0003zH-MI "wtopa@intergate.com" from from: rewritten as "huntbrittany@intergate.com" by rule 2
> 2005-06-06 09:23:14 1DfHZS-0003zH-MI <= huntbrittany@intergate.com U=wtopa P=local S=303 from <wtopa@intergate.com> for pkg-exim4-users@lists.alioth.debian.org
> 2005-06-06 09:23:22 1DfHZS-0003zH-MI => pkg-exim4-users@lists.alioth.debian.org F=<huntbrittany@intergate.com> P=<huntbrittany@intergate.com> R=smarthost T=remote_smtp_smarthost S=314 H=smtp.intergate.com [216.139.64.8]:25 C="250 2.0.0 j56DPsJK008513 Message accepted for delivery" QT=8s DT=7s
> 2005-06-06 09:23:22 1DfHZS-0003zH-MI Completed QT=8s
> 
> 
> Other then the ISP being very inconsistant, the only thing I wonder
> about is the "wtopa@intergate.com".  Shouldn't that be
> wtopa@localhost or wtopa@buddy.mtntop.home which is the local domain?

Depends on what your MUA is delivering to exim.

Greetings
Marc

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