On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:19:19 -0400 John Jetmore wrote: > On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 3:07 PM, Frank Elsner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hi colleagues, > > just curious: > > > > Why is this not a fatal error resulting in a non-delivery report: > > > > 2012-04-24 17:21:03 1SMhY5-0004Nn-Vg == [email protected] > > R=via_egypt T=smtp defer (-42): authentication required but authentication > > attempt(s) failed > > Is it possible that the remote server returned 4xx codes in response > to the authentication requests? I'm imagining the difference between > the server saying "4xx, I can't talk to my back end user database > right now" and "5xx, That's not a valid username/password combo"
No. It's a 5xx: 2012-04-24 21:16:41 1SMlBZ-0007qG-4j client authenticator failed H=eg-mailfrontend.elgouna.tu-berlin.de [41.128.204.142] 535 Incorrect authentication data 2012-04-24 21:16:41 1SMlBZ-0007qG-4j == [email protected] R=via_egypt T=smtp defer (-42): authentication required but authentication attempt(s) failed --Frank Elsner -- ## List details at https://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
