diff --git a/type/__dma_auth/explorer/state b/type/__dma_auth/explorer/state
index 668b50f..621e5a2 100755
--- a/type/__dma_auth/explorer/state
+++ b/type/__dma_auth/explorer/state
@@ -17,25 +17,18 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
-# This explorer looks for a line matching the login and server parameters
+# This explorer looks for a line matching the server parameter
 # in dma's auth.conf and reports:
 #   present:            a line matching login + host + password exists
 #   absent:             no line matching login + host exists
-#   different_password: a line exists but with a different pasword
-#   multiple:           multiple lines matching login + host exist
-#                       (should never happen)
+#   different_login:    a line exists but with a different login user
+#   different_password: a line exists but with a different password
+#   multiple:           multiple lines matching host exist (should not happen)
 
 auth_conf=$("${__type_explorer}/auth_conf")
 test -r "${auth_conf}" || exit 0
 
-if test -f "${__object}/parameter/server"
-then
-	server=$(cat "${__object}/parameter/server")
-else
-	server=$__object_id
-fi
-
-awk -F'\n' -v server="${server}" '
+awk -F'\n' '
 function getvalue(path) {
 	# Reads the first line of the file located at path and returns it.
 	getline < path
@@ -49,8 +42,7 @@ BEGIN {
 	parameter_dir = ENVIRON["__object"] "/parameter/"
 
 	# Read the parameters of this object
-	host_param = getvalue(parameter_dir "server")
-	if (!host_param) host_param = ENVIRON["__object_id"]
+	host_param = ENVIRON["__object_id"]
 	login_param = getvalue(parameter_dir "login")
 	passwd_param = getvalue(parameter_dir "password")
 
@@ -78,10 +70,15 @@ BEGIN {
 	}
 }
 
-host == host_param && login == login_param {
+host == host_param {
 	# a match…
 	if (state == "absent") {
-		state = ((passwd == passwd_param) ? "present" : "different_password")
+		if (login != login_param)
+			state = "different_login"
+		else if (passwd != passwd_param)
+			state = "different_password"
+		else
+			state = "present"
 	} else {
 		# report "multiple" to that the type can remove the duplicates.
 		state = "multiple"
diff --git a/type/__dma_auth/gencode-remote b/type/__dma_auth/gencode-remote
index c57e5cc..e73c424 100755
--- a/type/__dma_auth/gencode-remote
+++ b/type/__dma_auth/gencode-remote
@@ -21,14 +21,16 @@
 state_is=$(cat "${__object}/explorer/state")
 state_should=$(cat "${__object}/parameter/state")
 
-if test -f "${__object}/parameter/server"
-then
-	server=$(cat "${__object}/parameter/server")
-else
-	server=$__object_id
-fi
+server=$__object_id
 login=$(cat "${__object}/parameter/login")
 
+
+auth_conf=$(cat "${__object}/explorer/auth_conf")
+test -n "${auth_conf}" || {
+	echo 'Cannot determine path of dma auth.conf' >&2
+	exit 1
+}
+
 if test "${state_is}" = "${state_should}"
 then
 	# state is as it should
@@ -61,13 +63,6 @@ in
 		;;
 esac
 
-auth_conf=$(cat "${__object}/explorer/auth_conf")
-
-test -n "${auth_conf}" || {
-	echo 'Cannot determine path of dma auth.conf' >&2
-	exit 1
-}
-
 
 cat <<EOF
 auth_conf='${auth_conf}'
@@ -94,8 +89,7 @@ BEGIN {
 
 	parameter_dir = ENVIRON["__object"] "/parameter/"
 
-	host_param = getvalue(parameter_dir "server")
-	if (!host_param) host_param = ENVIRON["__object_id"]
+	host_param = ENVIRON["__object_id"]
 	login_param = getvalue(parameter_dir "login")
 	passwd_param = getvalue(parameter_dir "password")
 }
diff --git a/type/__dma_auth/man.rst b/type/__dma_auth/man.rst
index 9c3ad7a..f56bfb7 100644
--- a/type/__dma_auth/man.rst
+++ b/type/__dma_auth/man.rst
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ DESCRIPTION
 This cdist type allows you to set up credentials to log in to remote SMTP
 servers.
 
+NB: dma currently (v0.13) does not differentiate between users on a host.
+    It will use whatever user it finds in the ``auth.conf`` first.
+    Thus, this type will use the ``__object_id`` as the host specifier.
+
 
 REQUIRED PARAMETERS
 -------------------
@@ -22,8 +26,6 @@ password
 
 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
 -------------------
-server
-    The SMTP server on which the login is valid. Defaults to `__object_id`.
 state
     Either `present` or `absent`. Defaults to `present`.
 
diff --git a/type/__dma_auth/parameter/optional b/type/__dma_auth/parameter/optional
index 3e42ed3..ff72b5c 100644
--- a/type/__dma_auth/parameter/optional
+++ b/type/__dma_auth/parameter/optional
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-server
 state