Re: Should I Abandon Mutt and Exim4?
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On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 09:02:33 -0500
"Thomas H. George" <lists@tomgeorge.info> wrote:
> My system is Sarge with a 2.6.11 kernel. We have a Verizon DSL
> connection. I can send and receive email with Mozilla and receive
> mail with fetchmail but I have not been able to setup exim4 to send
> mail from mutt.
>
> With Mozilla the setup is:
>
> Account Name: lists
> Your Name: Thomas H. George
> email address: lists@tomgeorge.info
> POP mail server
> server name: mail.tomgeorge.info port 110
> user name: lists@tomgeorge.info
> Outgoing Server (SMTP) Settings
> server name: outgoing.verzison.net port 25
> user name: dryden
>
> With exim4 the setup using dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config is
>
> Split configuration into small files?: No
> mail sent by smarthost; received via SMTP or fetchmail
> System mail name: tomgeorge.info
> IP address to listen to: 127.0.0.1
> Other destinations for which mail is accepted: Left Blank
> Machines to relay for: Left Blank
> Machine handling outgoing mail for this host (smarthost):
> outgoing.verizion.net
> Hide local name in outgoing mail: No
> Keep number of DNS-queries minimal: No
>
> In addition I have edited the file /etc/exim4/passwd.client adding a
> line
>
> mail.verizion.net:dryden:OurPassword
>
> Somewhere I have gone wrong in the setup but, having tried various
> combinations without success, I need help. I am attaching the the
> result of tail /var/log/exim4/mainlog in hopes this makes my mistake
> obvious and someone can put me straight.
>
> Tom George
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 2006-01-11 12:20:10 1Ewjdq-0004pA-Oa <= lists@tomgeorge.info U=tom
> P=local S=436 id=20060111172010.GA18538@tomgeorge.info
> 2006-01-11 12:20:11 1Ewjdq-0004pA-Oa ** mail@tomgeorge.info
> R=smarthost T=remote_smtp_smarthost: SMTP error from remote mailer
> after MAIL FROM:<lists@tomgeorge.info> SIZE=1474: host
> outgoing.verizon.net [206.46.232.12]: 550 5.7.1 Authentication
> Required 2006-01-11 12:20:11 1Ewjdr-0004pD-9G <= <>
> R=1Ewjdq-0004pA-Oa U=Debian-exim P=local S=1383
> 2006-01-11 12:20:11 1Ewjdq-0004pA-Oa Completed
> 2006-01-11 12:20:11 1Ewjdr-0004pD-9G ** lists@tomgeorge.info
> R=smarthost T=remote_smtp_smarthost: SMTP error from remote mailer
> after MAIL FROM:<> SIZE=2444: host outgoing.verizon.net
> [206.46.232.12]: 550 5.7.1 Authentication Required
> 2006-01-11 12:20:11 1Ewjdr-0004pD-9G Frozen (delivery error message)
So obviously the server is saying exim4 hasn't authenticated before it
is trying to send the e-mail.
> Marc responded, "Does outgoing.verizon.net advertise STARTTLS? If
> not, you need to authorize your exim to do authentication over an
> unencryped connection.
>
> If I understand the attached quote from
> /usr/share/doc/exim4/README.Debian.gz exim should handle this
> automatically (and the Mozilla setup referred to above is set to use
> TLS if available). Is there some other setting I should change? - Tom
> George
Exim4 can handle it transparently, but it seems by default Debian sets
up exim4 to only use tls authentication.
Try editing /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template and edit the
'remote_smtp_smarthost:' section. Change "tls_tempfail_tryclear =
false" to "tls_tempfail_tryclear = true". Immediately below that line,
insert a new line reading "hosts_require_auth = outgoing.verizon.net".
(And make sure you spell 'verizon' correctly. I notice you misspelled it
several different ways throughout your e-mail, which can also cause
problems like you describe.) Once you're done editing the file, run
'update-exim4.conf' to generate the new config files.
HTH,
Jacob
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