>From my mac mail client I've connected to remote exim+dovecot server. Since >few weeks back I was not able to send mail but able to receive.
exim in /var/log/messages says: Jul 14 15:22:15 RPi3B exim[3576]: 2019-07-14 20:52:15 dovecot_plain authenticator failed for ([xx.xx.xx.xx]) [yy.yy.yy.yy]: 535 Incorrect authentication data (set_id=necktwi) dovecot in /var/log/dovecot.log says: Jul 14 19:40:27 auth: Debug: client in: AUTH 1 LOGIN service=smtp rip=yy.yy.yy.yy lip=xx.xx.xx.xx nologin resp= (previous base64 data may contain sensitive data) Jul 14 19:40:27 auth: Debug: client passdb out: CONT 1 VXNlcm5hbWU6 Jul 14 19:40:27 auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=0) Jul 14 19:40:27 auth: Debug: client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=smtp secured rip=xx.xx.xx.xx lip=yy.yy.yy.yy nologin resp=aeVja333aQeuZWerdHdpAeRecmezaG9lcw== (previous base64 data may contain sensitive data) Jul 14 19:40:27 auth: Debug: policy(necktwi,xx.xx.xx.xx): Policy check action is continue Jul 14 19:40:27 auth-worker(11866): Debug: pam(necktwi,xx.xx.xx.xx): lookup service=smtp Jul 14 19:40:27 auth-worker(11866): Info: pam(necktwi,xx.xx.xx.xx): pam_authenticate() failed: Authentication failure (Password mismatch?) (given password: xxxxxxx) (log is obfuscated) Is it the problem with dovecot or exim? Should exim contact dovecot prior to sending the mail? I have also tried windows mail client with same error. ... Necktwi -- ## 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/
