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Bug#955339: tracker.debian.org: improper bounce-process



On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 07:24:48PM -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 10:26:26AM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> ...
> > A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
> > recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:
> > 
> >   tom@localhost
> 
> I see (am investigating a fix).

...made a fix, and (for instance this report) am checking if there are
other scenarios.

The root cause for the problem that I can see in the logs is that exim4's
not using DNS to get domain names, just assuming that _any_ hostname is
a FQDN.

(fwiw, the relevant manpage uses hostname and domainname interchangeably).

-- 
Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
https://invisible-island.net
ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net

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