[Dovecot] Exim Dovecot Authentication Problem

[Chris Laif]

On 1/20/08, Marc Perkel <marc at perkel.com> wrote:
> Having a hard time figuring out something that is supposed to be easy.
> Tryiong to configure Dovecot so that it provides authentication to Exim
> for outgoing smtp. Tried different things and getting
>
> authentication socket protocol error
>

Some (older?) versions of Exim needed a patch. Sorry, I do not
remember exactly. I attach the patch below.

Exim->Dovecot conf works well here, there is only one (reported
problem): http://readlist.com/lists/exim.org/exim-users/2/14908.html

Chris

--- src/auths/dovecot.c 2006-10-19 08:37:34.000000000 +0200
+++ src/auths/dovecot.c.NEW     2006-10-19 08:38:26.000000000 +0200
@@ -171,8 +171,10 @@
        if (!found)
                goto out;

-       fprintf(f, "VERSION\t%d\t%d\r\nSERVICE\tSMTP\r\nCPID\t%d\r\n"
-               "AUTH\t%d\t%s\trip=%s\tlip=%s\tresp=%s\r\n",
+//       fprintf(f, "VERSION\t%d\t%d\r\nSERVICE\tSMTP\r\nCPID\t%d\r\n"
+//               "AUTH\t%d\t%s\trip=%s\tlip=%s\tresp=%s\r\n",
+       fprintf(f, "VERSION\t%d\t%d\nCPID\t%d\n"
+               "AUTH\t%d\t%s\tservice=smtp\trip=%s\tlip=%s\tresp=%s\n",
                VERSION_MAJOR, VERSION_MINOR, getpid(), cuid,
                ablock->public_name, sender_host_address, interface_address,
                data ? (char *) data : "");