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| Newer page: | version 11 | Last edited on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 4:59:46 pm | by PerryLorier | Revert |
| Older page: | version 8 | Last edited on Wednesday, June 23, 2004 3:13:41 pm | by DanielLawson | Revert |
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+How I set up exim(8) [SMTP] Auth under Debian, in two parts: the server and the client.
+
!! Server Setup
-How I set up exim(8) [SMTP] Auth under Debian.
First make sure exim is working correctly doing everything but relaying.
Then create a /etc/pam.d/exim with:
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Now restart exim and type
exim -bh localhost
try the commands
- EHELO
localhost
+ EHLO
localhost
exim should produce at least one line saying
AUTH LOGIN PLAIN
then type
AUTH LOGIN
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You probably also want to be using STARTTLS to encrypt the connection, otherwise your password is sent in plaintext. Under debian you need to make sure you have the exim-tls package installed.
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An alternative way of achieving a similar end (allowing hosts to relay through you for a set period of time) is to use [POPbeforeSMTP]
+See also [SMTPBestPractises]
