I am trying to follow this example: http://wiki.edseek.com/howto:exim4_courier
and I get down to the part where you test saslauthd: Let's test our new server configuration again with swaks, actually performing authentication by specifying a valid username and password before closing the connection after successful authentication. evie:/etc/exim4# swaks -a -tls -q AUTH -s localhost -au jasonb and I get these lines: <~* 435 Unable to authenticate at present ~> AUTH PLAIN AHBiYwBteSxzdXMz <~* 435 Unable to authenticate at present *** No authentication type succeeded the earlier test for TLS worked: $ swaks -a -tls -q HELO -s localhost -au jasonb -ap '<>' what am I missing? I uncommented the lines in /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 Registered Ubuntu User #12459 http://usdebtclock.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org