On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:42:44 -0400 John Jetmore wrote: [ ... ]
> If the response to authentication is a permanent error (5xx code), > Exim carries on searching the list > of authenticators and tries another one if possible. If all > authentication attempts give permanent > errors, or if there are no attempts because no mechanisms match (or > option expansions force > failure), what happens depends on whether the host matches > hosts_require_auth or hosts_try_ The host is in hosts_require_auth. > auth. In the first case, a temporary error is generated, and delivery > is deferred. The error can be > detected in the retry rules, and thereby turned into a permanent error > if you wish. In the second > case, Exim tries to deliver the message unauthenticated. Now I understand. Thanks to both. --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/
