Re: [exim4] Testing and making sense of smtp output

[Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>]

On Sun 12 Oct 2014 at 14:45:44 -0400, Harry Putnam wrote:

> Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:
> 
> > lee <lee@yagibdah.de> writes:
> >
> > [...] 
> >
> > Thanks for the tips.
> >
> >>>   SMTP>> EHLO 2xd
> >
> >> That's an invalid helo string.
> >
> > Is a valid one made up of just the full fqdn?
> >
> > And if so, is that not acquired from /etc/hosts?
> >
> >   /etc/hosts 
> >
> >   127.0.0.1    dv.local.lan      dv    localhost  
> >   10.0.0.9     dv.local.lan      dv               
> >   [...]
> >
> > Is that setup incorrectly or is this even the place I should be looking? 
> 
> Egad ...  I just noticed that was from a different machine... but the
> format is the same on all of mine.  So still should stand as something
> to critique/

Would you please use either of these commands:

  netcat localhost 25
  telnet localhost 25

and post the output? Also post what is in /etc/hosts for the same
machine and the output of 'exim -bP | grep primary'.