Pkg exim4 users - Feb 2008 - exim4 smarthost authentication error on Debian etch

I''m new to exim4 and not sure if this is the right forum for my
question. If not, please advise.

I think I''ve done everything needed for smarthost relay with
authentication but it says:

SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT
TO:<debence at tanuloszoba2.homelinux.org>: host smtp.enternet.hu
[62.112.192.21]: 550 Authentication required for relay

Can anyone advise what am I doing wrong?

__Details__

OS: Debian etch r2, freshly installed with all updates
MTA: exim4-light

1. my /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf file is this:
----
dc_eximconfig_configtype=''satellite''
dc_other_hostnames=''''
dc_local_interfaces=''''
dc_readhost=''enternet.hu''# host as a client.
dc_relay_domains=''''
dc_minimaldns=''false''
dc_relay_nets=''''
dc_smarthost=''smtp.enternet.hu''
CFILEMODE=''644''
dc_use_split_config=''false''
dc_hide_mailname=''true''
dc_mailname_in_oh=''true''
dc_localdelivery=''mail_spool''
---

2. I''ve added the authentication line to my /etc/exim4/passwd.client
file
---
### target.mail.server.example:login:password
smtp.enternet.hu:<myusername>@enternet.hu:<mypassword>
---

3. As the smtp.enternet.hu server needs authentication I''ve installed
the smarttsl package too.

My /var/log/exim4/mainlog file says:
----
2008-02-03 00:00:55 1JLRLz-0003Q3-QP <debence at tanuloszoba2.homelinux.org
U=debence P=local S=571
id=20080202230055.GA13129 at tanuloszoba2.homelinux.org
2008-02-03 00:00:55 1JLRLz-0003Q3-QP ** laszlo.gal at oracle.com
R=smarthost T=remote_smtp_smarthost: SMTP error from remote mail
server after RCPT TO:<laszlo.gal at oracle.com>: host smtp.enternet.hu
[62.112.192.21]: 550 Authentication required for relay
2008-02-03 00:00:55 1JLRLz-0003Q6-Vw <= <> R=1JLRLz-0003Q3-QP
U=Debian-exim P=local S=1596
2008-02-03 00:00:56 1JLRLz-0003Q3-QP Completed
2008-02-03 00:00:56 1JLRLz-0003Q6-Vw **
debence at tanuloszoba2.homelinux.org R=smarthost
T=remote_smtp_smarthost: SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT
TO:<debence at tanuloszoba2.homelinux.org>: host smtp.enternet.hu
[62.112.192.21]: 550 Authentication required for relay
2008-02-03 00:00:56 1JLRLz-0003Q6-Vw Frozen (delivery error message)
----

How can I check if the TSL provided by SmartTSL was used at all, or
the authentication information in the passwd.client file was used at
all?

Thanks,
Laszlo

On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 01:10:03AM +0100, Laszlo Gal
wrote:
> SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT
> TO:<debence at tanuloszoba2.homelinux.org>: host smtp.enternet.hu
> [62.112.192.21]: 550 Authentication required for relay
> 
> Can anyone advise what am I doing wrong?
smtp.enternet.hu does not allow STARTTLS, so you need to allow exim to
authenticate over an unencrypted connection.

Greetings
Marc

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Marc,

Thank you for the advice and forgive my ignorance, but I''d need a bit
more help about how to convince exim4 to contact the remote smarthost
to accept plain authentication.

I''ve done the following:
1. entered the connection information in the /etc/exim4/passwd.client
file as it is stated.

2. configured via dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config and generated the file:
update-exim4.conf.conf below:

dc_eximconfig_configtype=''smarthost''
dc_other_hostnames=''tanuloszoba2.homelinux.org''
dc_local_interfaces=''''
dc_readhost=''''
dc_relay_domains=''''
dc_minimaldns=''false''
dc_relay_nets=''''
dc_smarthost=''smtp.enternet.hu''
CFILEMODE=''644''
dc_use_split_config=''false''
dc_hide_mailname=''false''
dc_mailname_in_oh=''true''
dc_localdelivery=''mail_spool''

3. modified /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template and uncommented the

 hosts_avoid_tls = *

line in two sections:

#####################################################
### transport/30_exim4-config_remote_smtp
#################################

and

#####################################################
### transport/30_exim4-config_remote_smtp_smarthost
#################################

4. ran the

/etc/exim4# updte-exim4.conf -v
using non-split configuration scheme from /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template
/etc/exim4#

5. tried sending mail but

it says the same error in the /var/log/exim4/mainlog:


2008-02-03 23:55:58 1JLnki-0001ab-Jh ** laszlo.gal at gmail.com
F=<lgal at tanuloszoba2.homelinux.org>
P=<lgal at tanuloszoba2.homelinux.org> R=smarthost
T=remote_smtp_smarthost: SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT
TO:<laszlo.gal at gmail.com>: host smtp.enternet.hu [62.112.192.21]: 550
Authentication required for relay
2008-02-03 23:55:58 1JLnkk-0001ag-Tt <= <> R=1JLnki-0001ab-Jh
U=Debian-exim P=local S=1583 from <> for
lgal at tanuloszoba2.homelinux.org
2008-02-03 23:55:58 1JLnki-0001ab-Jh Completed QT=2s
2008-02-03 23:55:58 1JLnkk-0001ag-Tt => lgal
<lgal at tanuloszoba2.homelinux.org> F=<> P=<> R=local_user
T=mail_spool
S=1736 QT=0s DT=0s
2008-02-03 23:55:59 1JLnkk-0001ag-Tt Completed QT=1s

What document shall I read?

Thanks,
Laszlo


On 03/02/2008, Marc Haber <mh+pkg-exim4-users at zugschlus.de>
wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 01:10:03AM +0100, Laszlo Gal wrote:
> > SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT
> > TO:<debence at tanuloszoba2.homelinux.org>: host
smtp.enternet.hu
> > [62.112.192.21]: 550 Authentication required for relay
> >
> > Can anyone advise what am I doing wrong?
>
> smtp.enternet.hu does not allow STARTTLS, so you need to allow exim to
> authenticate over an unencrypted connection.
>
> Greetings
> Marc
>
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On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 11:12:21PM +0100, Laszlo Gal
wrote:
> What document shall I read?
http://pkg-exim4.alioth.debian.org/README/README.Debian.etch.html#smtp-auth

This file is also in your package, and referenced all over the place.

Greetings
Marc

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