Mailing List Archive: Configure exim to use remote smtp without authentication

Configure exim to use remote smtp without authentication

Oct 4, 2023, 1:35 AM

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Hi Guys,

I have a Debian 11 server with exim4 on it. I have configured exim4 to
always use Amazon's smtp server ("mail.mydomainname.com") for email
delivery.

I do have access credentials, but I want to know if its possible to force
exim to not authenticate the Amazon server credentials.

I get the below error as I have not added the creds in the passwd.client
file.

** root@mydomainname.com R=smarthost T=remote_smtp_smarthost
H=********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************":
SMTP error from remote mail server after MAIL FROM:<>: 530 Authentication
required

Is there any directive that can be added in the remote_smtp_smarthost to
bypass the authentication ?

Regards,
Shaheena K

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Re: Configure exim to use remote smtp without authentication [ In reply to ]

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Oct 4, 2023, 2:05 AM

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On 04/10/2023 09:35, Shaheena Kazi via Exim-users wrote:
> Is there any directive that can be added in the remote_smtp_smarthost to
> bypass the authentication ?

Your probably have done so already; that's the implication of that error
response.

Amazon is *requiring* that you authenticate to them before they let you use them.
Which is perfectly normal and reasonable of them.
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Re: Configure exim to use remote smtp without authentication [ In reply to ]

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Oct 4, 2023, 2:46 AM

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Okay thanks for the clarification.

On Wed, 4 Oct 2023 at 2:39 PM, Jeremy Harris via Exim-users <
exim-users@lists.exim.org> wrote:

> On 04/10/2023 09:35, Shaheena Kazi via Exim-users wrote:
> > Is there any directive that can be added in the remote_smtp_smarthost to
> > bypass the authentication ?
>
> Your probably have done so already; that's the implication of that error
> response.
>
> Amazon is *requiring* that you authenticate to them before they let you
> use them.
> Which is perfectly normal and reasonable of them.
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> Cheers,
> Jeremy
>
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