[Dovecot] Exim Dovecot Authentication Problem

[Marc Perkel]

Chris Laif wrote:
> 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 : "");
>
>
>   

I'm running the latest version of Exim. Would it still need patched?
And - thanks for your help.