[Pkg-exim4-users] smtp auth

[mark david mcCreary]

Andrew Critchlow wrote:
> Is there anyway i can check if my smtp auth is working?
>  
> I have enabled TLS with certificates and i have unhashed, plain_server:
>  
> I have also used htpasswd -nd username and put the output into 
> /etc/exim4/passwd
>  
> I have also set: MAIN_TLS_ENABLE = true
>  
> But when I try and send an email from a client (MS Outlook) it goes 
> straight through and I didn't need to specify that the smtp servers 
> requires authentication?
>  
>  





Andrew

There is a mail testing program called SWAKS that is also a Debian package.

It has a number of options to simulate TLS.

So you could run SWAKS on a different computer, set up different 
options, have SWAKS conect to your server, and then watch the logs on 
your MTA.

If need be, put exim into Debug mode with something like

    exim4 -bd -d+all 2>&1 | tee swaks.log

Hope that helps.

mark