Well, I'm fairly certain I have Exim4 4.69 working after a bit of tweaking. For reference, I received ideas from the following links:
http://fixunix.com/1028851-post24.html http://wiki.debian.org/GmailAndExim4 The first link gave some good advice on setting up Exim with debconf, although I didn't *exactly* follow his advice, opting for the split files configuration. I also found that the edits he mentioned did not need to be made as the latest Exim4 package in Sid had them uncommented. The second link gave me the final piece of the puzzle which was to add "@localhost" to the /etc/email-addresses file. I did NOT need to edit any of the Exim4 config files under /etc/exim4/conf.d to make this work. The GoDaddy SMTP host requires a username (email address of the account) and a password sent in plain text with no apparent encryption and specifies that port 80 be used for the connection (most likely to get around an ISP blocking port 25). Here are my config files in the hope that they help someone else. # /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf # This is a Debian specific file dc_eximconfig_configtype='smarthost' dc_other_hostnames='' dc_local_interfaces='127.0.0.1' dc_readhost='n0nb.us' dc_relay_domains='' dc_minimaldns='false' dc_relay_nets='' dc_smarthost='smtp.starfieldtech.com::80' CFILEMODE='644' dc_use_split_config='true' dc_hide_mailname='true' dc_mailname_in_oh='true' dc_localdelivery='mail_spool' # /etc/exim4/passwd.client # Example: ### target.mail.server.example:login:password smtp.starfieldtech.com:n...@n0nb.us:pass-word # This is /etc/email-addresses. It is part of the exim package usern...@localhost: n...@n0nb.us A note about the above files. It is crucial that the actual hostname of the SMTP server be supplied to /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf and /etc/exim4/passwd.client or else it won't work. To get this DNS name I used the `host smtpout.secureserver.net' command: $ host smtpout.secureserver.net smtpout.secureserver.net CNAME smtp.starfieldtech.com smtp.starfieldtech.com A 64.202.165.58 Note also that /etc/email-addresses is used to map the local computer's login name to the email address hosted by GoDaddy. Things did not work for me until I added the @localhost. Finally, to force the use of the clear text "authentication", I added the file /etc/exim4/conf.d/main/000_localmacros which per the README.Debian file needs to be loaded before any macros are read. It is simple containing a single line: AUTH_CLIENT_ALLOW_NOTLS_PASSWORDS=true That is the complete configuration needed to get Exim4 working with the GoDaddy SMTP server on my computer. If you can read this, I guess I was successful. :-) - Nate >> -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://n0nb.us/index.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
