Re: smtp of ISP needs passwd,how to setup exim?

[Pigeon <jah.pigeon@ukonline.co.uk>]

On Sun, Dec 15, 2002 at 09:24:36PM +0800, Dai Yuwen wrote:
> Hi, all
> 
> I want to setup exim use my ISP's smtp server as a smart host.  But this 
> smtp server needs user name and password.  How do I use exim this way? 
>  Thank you in advance.
> 
> Best regards,
> Dai Yuwen

So does mine. This is what I've got:

In /etc/exim.conf:

# This is the main exim configuration file.
# It was originally generated by `eximconfig', part of the exim package
# distributed with Debian, but it may edited by the mail system administrator.
# This file originally generated by eximconfig at Fri Nov 29 01:04:53 GMT 2002
<snip>
######################################################################
#                      ROUTERS CONFIGURATION                         #
#            Specifies how remote addresses are handled              #
######################################################################
#                          ORDER DOES MATTER                         #
#  A remote address is passed to each in turn until it is accepted.  #
######################################################################

# Remote addresses are those with a domain that does not match any item
# in the "local_domains" setting above.

# Send all mail to a smarthost

smarthost:
  driver = domainlist
  transport = remote_smtp
  route_list = "* smtp.ukonline.co.uk bydns_a"

end
<snip>

In ~/.fetchmailrc: (entire file)

# Configuration created Fri Nov 29 01:13:30 2002 by fetchmailconf
set postmaster "postmaster"
poll pop3.ukonline.co.uk with proto POP3
       user "jah.pigeon" there with password "myrealpassword" is pigeon here
	   

In /etc/mailname (entire file) :

ukonline.co.uk

Note the references to eximconfig and fetchmailconf. I didn't create
either of these entries by hand. I remember both these config tools
were so easy to use that I can't remember anything else about them!

Quite how the password gets from the pop3 reference to the smtp bit, I
don't understand, but it seems to work OK.

Pigeon