"Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > *:hartford-hwp.com:<PW>
> >
> > But can a wildcard replace the name of the server like this?
>
> Yes. No matter what host asks exim for auth, it will give this username
> and password.
Thanks for the explanation. I'll try it.
> > > Is your pop-server username hartford-hwp.com as well?
> >
> > Pop sercver is pop.hartford-hwp.com; smtp server is smtp.hartford-hwp.com
>
> They look like server names not user names for a login session.
You are right. I misread your question. UID for both POP and SMTP is:
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> > This may be my problem: I have a hardware firewall. However, if I'm
> > using port 25 for smtp, wouldn't my firewall let it through? Is the
> > fact that it's now SSL require a change in my hardware firewall?
> >
>
> YES. Absolutley. You've told exim to contact smtp on port 587 but if
> your firewall is blocking connections on port 587 then nothing will get
> through.
I reverted to port 25. In my firewall, I set up a custom service in it
for ssmtp to use port 587. This may solve my problem.
> according to /etc/services that's ssmtp. But who cares? You tell the
> firewall what port to open. Your ISP told you what port to use so you
> tell the firewall and you tell exim.
Tell exim4 the port to use? Where would that be?
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