[Pkg-exim4-users] exim4 smarthost authentication error on Debian etch

Laszlo Gal laszlo.gal at gmail.com
Sun Feb 3 00:10:03 UTC 2008


I'm new to exim4 and not sure if this is the right forum for my
question. If not, please advise.

I think I've done everything needed for smarthost relay with
authentication but it says:

SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT
TO:<debence at tanuloszoba2.homelinux.org>: host smtp.enternet.hu
[62.112.192.21]: 550 Authentication required for relay

Can anyone advise what am I doing wrong?

__Details__

OS: Debian etch r2, freshly installed with all updates
MTA: exim4-light

1. my /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf file is this:
----
dc_eximconfig_configtype='satellite'
dc_other_hostnames=''
dc_local_interfaces=''
dc_readhost='enternet.hu'# host as a client.
dc_relay_domains=''
dc_minimaldns='false'
dc_relay_nets=''
dc_smarthost='smtp.enternet.hu'
CFILEMODE='644'
dc_use_split_config='false'
dc_hide_mailname='true'
dc_mailname_in_oh='true'
dc_localdelivery='mail_spool'
---

2. I've added the authentication line to my /etc/exim4/passwd.client file
---
### target.mail.server.example:login:password
smtp.enternet.hu:<myusername>@enternet.hu:<mypassword>
---

3. As the smtp.enternet.hu server needs authentication I've installed
the smarttsl package too.

My /var/log/exim4/mainlog file says:
----
2008-02-03 00:00:55 1JLRLz-0003Q3-QP <=
debence at tanuloszoba2.homelinux.org U=debence P=local S=571
id=20080202230055.GA13129 at tanuloszoba2.homelinux.org
2008-02-03 00:00:55 1JLRLz-0003Q3-QP ** laszlo.gal at oracle.com
R=smarthost T=remote_smtp_smarthost: SMTP error from remote mail
server after RCPT TO:<laszlo.gal at oracle.com>: host smtp.enternet.hu
[62.112.192.21]: 550 Authentication required for relay
2008-02-03 00:00:55 1JLRLz-0003Q6-Vw <= <> R=1JLRLz-0003Q3-QP
U=Debian-exim P=local S=1596
2008-02-03 00:00:56 1JLRLz-0003Q3-QP Completed
2008-02-03 00:00:56 1JLRLz-0003Q6-Vw **
debence at tanuloszoba2.homelinux.org R=smarthost
T=remote_smtp_smarthost: SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT
TO:<debence at tanuloszoba2.homelinux.org>: host smtp.enternet.hu
[62.112.192.21]: 550 Authentication required for relay
2008-02-03 00:00:56 1JLRLz-0003Q6-Vw Frozen (delivery error message)
----

How can I check if the TSL provided by SmartTSL was used at all, or
the authentication information in the passwd.client file was used at
all?

Thanks,
Laszlo



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