[Solved] Re: ISP has screwed up smtp for me...
On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 11:07:47PM -0700, Kenward Vaughan wrote:
> On 09/26/2006 11:59:03 AM, Kenward Vaughan wrote:
> > Hi Kevin,
> >
> >I'll try this once I have a chance when I get home.
> ...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Kevin Mark [mailto:kevin.mark@verizon.net]
> ...
> >
> >On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 07:03:21PM -0700, Kenward Vaughan wrote:
> >>Hi folks,
> >>
> >> I hate writing this from my school's web access page, but I
> >>suddenly lost the ability to send emails from home. Receiving is
> >>fine. Nothing had changed at my end from the night before, when I
> >>had no problems. My ISP is Earthlink.
> ...
>
> >Hi Kenward,
> >apt-get install swaks
> >and show what settings made if work.
> >cheers,
> >Kev
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> ===========================================================
> daddy:~# swaks -t kvaughan@bc.cc.ca.us -f kay_jay@earthlink.net -s
> smtpauth.earthlink.net -tlso -a -au kay_jay@earthlink.net -ap
> abcdefghijklmnop
> === Trying smtpauth.earthlink.net:25...
> === Connected to smtpauth.earthlink.net.
...
> ~> This is a test mailing^M
> ~>
> ~> .
> <~ 250 OK id=1GSS6j-00066m-FB
> ~> QUIT
> <~ 221 elasmtp-junco.atl.sa.earthlink.net closing connection
> === Connection closed with remote host.
...
> My question changes to the obvious. Now that it worked so easily with
> that small change in Balsa/Kmail, what is wrong with my Exim setup?
>
> Is it some rewriting rule or choice I made in running its configuration
> which screwed things up?
>
>
> The /etc/exim4/passwd.client file:
...
> smtpauth.earthlink.net:kay_jay@earthlink.net:abcdefghijklmnop
'Twas the latter, as it turned out. Simple misconfiguration having a
different server (smtp.earthlink.net) than the one which worked with
swaks. Thanks for the suggestion, Kevin, as it allowed me to play with
settings against their two possible servers.
And thanks to Mike for his settings, which pointed out the fact that I
had missed the glaring domain inclusion in the login name on the
Earthlink site.
And MANY THANKS to Earthlink for proving once again that the
Linux/Debian community is far superior to such companies in their
responsiveness to requests for help. At least the tech side has the
intelligence to use Exim on their servers...
Cheers,
Kenward
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