after looking for a bit more, i found that you could set an option to force an authentication with a host "host_require_auth=<my.isp>". now the result of a ehlo call to the server gives this;
LOG: MAIN <= [EMAIL PROTECTED] U=root P=local S=247 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/exim4/conf.d/transport$ T: remote_smtp for [EMAIL PROTECTED] Connecting to esmtp.korea.com [211.109.8.14]:25 ... connected SMTP<< 220 esmtp006.korea.com ESMTP Terrace MailWatcher 4.0000.dddd (for korea.com) SMTP>> EHLO langille SMTP<< 250-esmtp006.korea.com Pleased to meet you 250-SIZE 15728640 250-8BITMIME 250-HELP 250-PIPELINING 250-AUTH 250-AUTH=LOGIN 250 ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES SMTP>> QUIT LOG: MAIN == [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=smarthost T=remote_smtp defer (-42): authentication required but server did not advertise AUTH support you can see that it supports LOGIN so why does the exim4 tell me otherwise? On Sun, 2004-04-18 at 13:33 +0900, Brent Russell Langille wrote: > i have fetchmail set up to contact my isp and grab my emails and dump > them to exim which then delivers them to a Maildir style directory. that > works great. > > the problem is sending mail out through exim4 to my isp. my isp only > supports LOGIN auth. i have exim4 setup with the "smarthost" option. i > used the address of the smtp server of my isp as the smarthost. i edited > smtp_remote in the conf.d directory and i put my information in the > passwd.clients file. i also have my user name aliased to my isp email > address in the file /etc/email-addresses > > the problem is i keep getting a "550 5.1.8 you are not allowed to send > mail". i know that i am because i can send mail through evolution > directly to the isp, but i want all my mail to go through exim4. > > i believe that the problem is exim4 is not sending the authentication > information. how can i test this? can anyone see a set that i have > missed? any help would be appreciated. > > thanks > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]