On 6/11/07, Phil Pennock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 2007-06-11 at 01:19 -0400, Andrew Radamis wrote: > > My wonderful ISP has suddenly (like today I think) decided that I can no > > longer send any mail anywhere on port 25, including there own mail > servers. > > They do however allow it through port 587, with smtp-auth. This breaks > my > > smart host and I cannot find how to setup the smart host to send > smtp-auth. > > I know I'm probably just missing this somewhere, can someone point me in > the > > right direction please? > > The Exim Specification, Section 33.5. Authentication by an Exim client > "spec.txt" comes with the Exim source; the doc is also available online > as web-pages and for download in various formats. www.exim.org, see > docs link on left. That also provides historical documentation > versions, so if you're not running 4.6x then you can find the exact > documentation you need there; the client-side auth stuff hasn't changed > much recently (that I recall). > > > http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch33.html#SECID170 > > You basically want to copy/paste the generic remote_smtp transport to a > new one called isp_smarthost_smtp, then change the smarthost Router to > use this. Then adjust isp_smarthost_smtp to specify "port" and > "hosts_require_auth"/"hosts_try_auth". > > You then have authenticators in the authenticators section; one or more > of them will need to be configured for client authentication. If you > telnet to your smarthost on 587 and type EHLO then you should see an > AUTH capability listed, with parameters indicating which mechanisms the > ISP supports. One of your client authenticators will need to implement > one of those mechanisms. > > Sections 34 through 38 (inclusive) of the Spec cover the various > authenticators. If you have to use the plaintext authenticator (for > PLAIN or LOGIN) then please consider ensuring that you set up TLS client > support too. > > Regards, > -Phil >
I knew I was close. Thanks very much -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
