Re: exim HELO=fully qualified host name?
On Fri, 2004-02-06 at 12:11, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
> On 2004-02-06, David Clymer penned:
> > On Fri, 2004-02-06 at 09:07, davis wrote:
> >> Hello
> >>
> >> I can not subscribe to the pcmcia-cs mailing list on source forge
> >> because my helo only gives my host name and not my fully qualified
> >> hostname. How do I resolve this problem?
> >>
> >> JD
> >>
> >
> > You need to set exim's primary_hostname to your FQDN (or the
> > equivilant configuration variable for your choice of MTA).
> >
>
> I believe that exim will, by default, report the first entry in your
> /etc/hosts file. So if you have
>
> 155.22.33.44 booger yoda www.sticky.net
>
> I believe exim will report the machine as booger.
>
> Just move the FQDN into the first slot and you should be fine.
>
> My understanding is that exim's primary_hostname setting is considered a
> kludge and that it's "better" to use the above method.
>
I learn something new every day, it seems. I suppose I should modify my
own server, if thats the case. Could you expound apon the "kludge-ness"
of primary_hostname?
-davidc
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