exim4 authentication trouble shooting

[Kenny Hitt]

Hi.

I really have no answers, just some guesses.
Are both boxes using the same exim4 packages.  There is an
exim4-daemon-heavy and an exim4-daemon-light.  Does the Sarge box have
the same package?

I've noticed the small config files seem to be different in content than
the one large file.  Do both boxes use the same option for config file?

Did you run the update script after you made changes to the Sarge box?

Hope one of these ideas helps.
          Kenny

On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 04:57:11PM -0400, Charles Hallenbeck wrote:
> I hope somebody might have a pointer or two for me on this one. I am 
> using exim4 to send my outgoing email to a smart host which requires 
> authentication. my system is a Debian Sid system, kernel 2.6.11, exim4 
> version 4.52, and the instructions are pretty straightforward, and it 
> seems to work fine.
> 
> Now I am attempting to duplicate the above on a Debian Sarge box, kernel 
> 2.6.11, exim4 version 4.50, where there are identical instructions for 
> achieving the authentication, but this time it does not work. My ISP 
> rejects my outgoing mail with a message indicating that authentication 
> is required. Of course lots of other things probably are different 
> between the Sid that works and the Sarge that doesn't, But I don't have 
> a clue as to where to look for the problem. 
> 
> Any tips about how to get exim4 to authenticate to a smart host on a 
> Debian Sarge system would be greatly appreciated. There must be 
> something not covered in the instructions. I have asked the Debian users 
> list about this, but no replies as yet.
> 
> Thanks for any ideas,
> Chuck
> 
> -- 
> The Moon is Waning Crescent (1% of Full)
> But you can still get downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup