--On 21 May 2006 14:26:21 +0200 Ketil Vestby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> To use Exim as a mail sending system, I need to make Exim register itself
> at a mailhost for outgoing email, the mailhost is accepting plain SMTP
> messages without any problems, as long as the user register at the host.
>
> The problem is sending email, I am fetching email by fetchmail.
>
> When inserting target.mail.server.example (smtp.domeneshop.no) in
> /etc/exim4/passwd.client, this is the result:

/etc/exim4/passwd.client isn't a standard exim configuration file. I think 
you need to ask on the Debian lists about this.

> 2006-05-21 10:23:37 1FhhiE-0001eM-RR plain authenticator failed
> H=lakepoint.domeneshop.no [xx.xx.xx.xx] 535 5.7.0 authentication failed
>
> When inserting target.mailserver.example:login:password in
> /etc/eximt/passwd.client, I get the lines below:
>
> 2006-05-20 23:37:22 1FhZ8U-0001pR-Hg <= [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> U=ketil P=local S=519 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 2006-05-20 23:37:23 1FhZ8U-0001pR-Hg no IP address found for host vestby1
> 2006-05-20 23:37:23 1FhZ8U-0001pR-Hg == [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=smarthost
> defer (-1): lookup of host "login" failed in smarthost router
>
> I have tried it at two OSes on my laptop: Debian Stable and Ubuntu, but
> the result is the same on both systems: The login name is used as
> hostname resulting in the message above.
>
> I have clearly misunderstood something, need some help to get it done.
>
> :-)
>



-- 
Ian Eiloart
IT Services, University of Sussex

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