Lenny/exim4: how to set helo for outgoing SMTP

[Kilian <kil@gnu.ch>]

Hello,

I am desperately trying to set the HELO value exim uses for outgoing
smtp connections because my host is behind a firewall which does NAT.
I've read /usr/share/doc/exim4-config/README.Debian.gz and created
/etc/exim4/exim4.conf.localmacros witht the following content:

REMOTE_SMTP_HELO_DATA="my.host.name"

That did not work. Then I found the following:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=275975

So I tried to set helo_data manually in
/etc/exim4/conf.d/transport/30_exim4-config_remote_smtp and
/etc/exim4/conf.d/transport/30_exim4-config_remote_smtp_smarthost - the
latter I did just in case. That did not work. So I basically set *every*
occurrence of helo_data and REMOTE_SMTP_HELO_DATA I found under
/etc/exim4 manually. Doesn't work.

Under etch, I just changed helo_data in /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template
manually - not very nice, but it did what I needed. Now my mailconfig is
broken because some hosts won't accept my mails as the HELO does not
match the IP of the firewall, of course. Is there really no way to
change the outgoing HELO value in exim 4.69-9? I am using the "internet"
config of exim4.

Any hint would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks