[Pkg-exim4-users] Getting out-bound smtp Mail to Authenticate

[Marc Haber]

On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 10:01:34PM -0500, Martin McCormick wrote:
> Nick Guerette writes:
> > Two things:
> > 
> > First, in /etc/exim4/passwd.client
> > 
> >     smtp.suddenlink.net:martin.m at smtp.suddenlink.net:_BIGSECRET_
> > 
> > change the server name at the beginning of the line to use a wildcard, to
> > account for the fact that you ultimately are connecting to a server like:
> > txofep01.suddenlink.net, and change your login name to your actual email
> > address, with only the domain name and not the "smtp" hostname:
> > 
> > 
> > *.suddenlink.net:martin.m at suddenlink.net:_BIGSECRET_
> > 
> > 
> > Second, if connecting to port 465 you probably need SSL on connect, known
> > as SMTPS, and this requires manually editing a conffile, 
> > /etc/exim4/conf.d/
> > transport/30_exim4-config_remote_smtp_smarthost if you are using split
> > configuration. Add the line:
> > 
> > 
> >    protocol = smtps
> 
> A thousand thanks. I actually had added
> 
>     protocol=smtps but may have failed to do
> 
> dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config
> 
> as it should have tried to log in with the wrong user ID but
> didn't appear to even try.

The issue was acutally the wildcard, I think. Your logs clearly
indicated that the machines were getting to the SMTP level.

Greetings
Marc

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