Re: [PLUG] verizon dsl send mail

[sandy Bee <sbasic5229@yahoo.com>]

--- Stephen Gran <steve@lobefin.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 07:17:20PM -0700, sandy Bee
> said:
> > --- Stephen Gran <steve@lobefin.net> wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 10:21:59AM -0700, sandy
> Bee said:
> > > > I just signed up with verizon for dsl.  I can
> fetch mail with
> > > > fetchmail, and I can use the web.  I cannot
> get my SMTP , exim, to
> > > > work.  I get authorization errors.  Could some
> one please help.  I
> > > > use debian.  truly, sandy 
> > > 
> > > Unfortunately, we'll need more than that to
> really help you.  I am
> > > assuming that Verizon needs authenticated SMTP
> even from addresses
> > > that they serve?  That is a little strange, but
> not unlikely.  If
> > > that is the case, what version of exim are you
> running?  That will
> > > make a big difference in how to set up client
> auth smtp - v3 and v4
> > > are fairly different.
> >
> > I am using version 3 
> 
> OK, I'll try to refresh my memory of exim v3, then.
> 
> In the Tranports section of /etc/exim/exim.conf,
> find the transport
> remote-smtp, and make sure it looks like this:
> 
> remote_smtp:
>   driver = smtp
>   authenticate_hosts = whatever.verizon.told.you
> 
> In the routers, make sure you have this:
> 
> smarthost:
>   driver = domainlist
>   transport = remote_smtp
>   route_list = "* whatever.verizon.told.you bydns_a"
> 
> Then, in the authentication section at the end, you
> need something like this:
> 
> plain:
>   driver = plaintext
>   public_name = PLAIN
>   client_send = "^username^password"
> 
> That's for plain auth, you could also use login or
> other types - there
> are examples in the config file.
> 
> Replace whatever.verizon.told.you with the outgoing
> mail server
> (presumably smtp.verizon.net or something, but I
> don't know), and
> replace username and password in the auth part with
> their respective
> values.  After that reload exim (/etc/init.d/exim
> reload) and it should
> work.  If not, write back and we'll set up a
> debugging session to see
> what's failing.
> 
> HTH,
> -- 
> 
>
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> |  Stephen Gran                  | Any girl can be
> glamorous; all you have |
> |  steve@lobefin.net             | to do is stand
> still and look stupid.   |
> |  http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | -- Hedy Lamarr   
>                       |
> 
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>   I called verizon to ask what to use as their
authorization address. they could not tell me.
     I also have not been able to figure out what
to put in as the client password.
      I tried using exim4 since I read on the internet
that someone had used that successfuly with verizon
dsl
  that also  failed for me.
    sandy


>


		
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