Have you made sure that you have a relay_hosts line something like.... relay_hosts 127.0.0.1 : <ip.v4.add.ress> : ::::1/128
Note that as :'s are used as field markers you need to double them up like :- nnnn::nnnn::nnnn::nnnn::nnnn::nnnn/64 Cheers, --Andrew Bernhard Schmidt wrote: > Hi Nick, > > Nick Schmalenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> dc_relay_nets in update-exim4.conf.conf and MAIN_RELAY_NETS in >>>> exim4.conf.localmacros but it didn't help. I then tried using Icedove >>>> and the smtp authentication worked, from the same machine and again over >>>> IPv6, so it looks like the smtp authentication client in exim has a >>>> problem. >>>> >>>> SMTP>> EHLO athena.relaydomain >>>> SMTP<< 250-nick.relaydomain Hello athena.relaydomain >>>> [2001:4830:1547:1:205:2ff:feb7:63d8] >>>> 250-SIZE 52428800 >>>> 250-PIPELINING >>>> 250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN >>>> 250 HELP >>>> SMTP>> MAIL FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SIZE=1406 >>> You exim client does not even try to authenticate, although advertised. >>> I have no clue of exim, but browsing through the documentation it looks >>> like you need to adjust the options host_require_auth and/or >>> host_try_auth >>> >>> http://www.exim.org/exim-html-4.50/doc/html/spec_33.html#SECT33.5 >>> >>> that probably only lists the IPv4 address at the moment. >>> >> Thanks for the link, I think it put me on the right track, but I still >> don't have smtp relay over ipv6 working yet. I think the problem is that >> the ipv6 subnet on my mail server has no reverse hostnames because of a >> bad delegation I put in with hurricane electric that hasn't been updated >> to the correct name servers. > > I don't think this is the case. What is the current content of your > $hosts_require_auth and $hosts_try_auth variables? A crosschecking > reverse -> forward is usually done by the server side, but in your case > the client does not invoke the authentication, although offered by the > server. Unfortunately I don't have much clue of debugging Exim, so I > can't give you more hints here. > > Regards, > Bernhard > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
