Re: Exim & SMTP_AUTH

["Steve A." <kru_tch@yahoo.ca>]

On 4/27/2003 11:07 AM,Burkhard Ritter used both thumbs to type:

> On Sun, 27 Apr 2003, Steve A. wrote:

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> > Anyone setup SMTP_AUTH with Exim? I need this to connect to my Smarthost
> > (ISP), not for third parties logging into my Exim.
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> I think tls has not neccessarily something to do with smtp_auth. I set the
> latter up successfully. Here are the appropriate snippets from exim.conf:
>
> In the transport section:
>
> remote_smtp:
>   driver = smtp
>   authenticate_hosts = [your isp-smtp-server]
>
> In the authentication section:
>
> login:
>     driver = plaintext
>     public_name = LOGIN
>     client_send = ": [your account] : [your password]"
>
> That did the trick for me. However, you might have to change some slight
> details. Also have a look at the exim-documentation, as it was
> satisfactory for me and got me started.

Excellent! Thanks to you and Rob Weir for the help and on a Sunday to boot.

I don't know why I didn't think of looking for a help text file, first 
thing I did was look at man, but it wasn't much help for smtp_auth, then 
the next inclination was google. I had found info regarding cram, but it 
didn't work. Anyway I'm now a happy camper and this will be added to the 
archives for someone else.

Thanks again.