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

[Laszlo Gal]

Marc,

Thank you for the advice and forgive my ignorance, but I'd need a bit
more help about how to convince exim4 to contact the remote smarthost
to accept plain authentication.

I've done the following:
1. entered the connection information in the /etc/exim4/passwd.client
file as it is stated.

2. configured via dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config and generated the file:
update-exim4.conf.conf below:

dc_eximconfig_configtype='smarthost'
dc_other_hostnames='tanuloszoba2.homelinux.org'
dc_local_interfaces=''
dc_readhost=''
dc_relay_domains=''
dc_minimaldns='false'
dc_relay_nets=''
dc_smarthost='smtp.enternet.hu'
CFILEMODE='644'
dc_use_split_config='false'
dc_hide_mailname='false'
dc_mailname_in_oh='true'
dc_localdelivery='mail_spool'

3. modified /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template and uncommented the

 hosts_avoid_tls = *

line in two sections:

#####################################################
### transport/30_exim4-config_remote_smtp
#################################

and

#####################################################
### transport/30_exim4-config_remote_smtp_smarthost
#################################

4. ran the

/etc/exim4# updte-exim4.conf -v
using non-split configuration scheme from /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template
/etc/exim4#

5. tried sending mail but

it says the same error in the /var/log/exim4/mainlog:


2008-02-03 23:55:58 1JLnki-0001ab-Jh ** laszlo.gal at gmail.com
F=<lgal at tanuloszoba2.homelinux.org>
P=<lgal at tanuloszoba2.homelinux.org> R=smarthost
T=remote_smtp_smarthost: SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT
TO:<laszlo.gal at gmail.com>: host smtp.enternet.hu [62.112.192.21]: 550
Authentication required for relay
2008-02-03 23:55:58 1JLnkk-0001ag-Tt <= <> R=1JLnki-0001ab-Jh
U=Debian-exim P=local S=1583 from <> for
lgal at tanuloszoba2.homelinux.org
2008-02-03 23:55:58 1JLnki-0001ab-Jh Completed QT=2s
2008-02-03 23:55:58 1JLnkk-0001ag-Tt => lgal
<lgal at tanuloszoba2.homelinux.org> F=<> P=<> R=local_user T=mail_spool
S=1736 QT=0s DT=0s
2008-02-03 23:55:59 1JLnkk-0001ag-Tt Completed QT=1s

What document shall I read?

Thanks,
Laszlo


On 03/02/2008, Marc Haber <mh+pkg-exim4-users at zugschlus.de> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 01:10:03AM +0100, Laszlo Gal wrote:
> > 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?
>
> smtp.enternet.hu does not allow STARTTLS, so you need to allow exim to
> authenticate over an unencrypted connection.
>
> Greetings
> Marc
>
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