Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 12:16:48 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> To: troy@twisted.net Cc: gnome@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Evolution not sending FQDN Message-ID: <422C8C80.2060006@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <1110204054.1739.14.camel@think> References: <1110148796.1694.2.camel@think.twisted.net> <1110164114.27718.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1110165367.1739.6.camel@think> <1110204054.1739.14.camel@think>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Troy wrote: | Guys, | | I originally started E-mailing with the Ximian team and figured to send | it to you as well. I have attached the thread below. When I send | E-mail from Evolution, it's not properly getting the hostname of my | workstation and sending EHLO with localhost.localdomain. I think we | need to examine the way Evolution tries to get the hostname and modify | it so it works properly for FreeBSD. Sure, please submit a patch. Joe | | Thoughts? | | -Troy | | | | | On Sun, 2005-03-06 at 21:16 -0600, Troy wrote: | |>Jeff, |> |>I'm not sure what functions you are using, but we need to modify those |>functions accordingly. I have tested three other MUA's and all of them |>get the hostname of the machine properly. The operating system is |>FreeBSD using the stable train of RELENG_5 (currently 5.4). FreeBSD |>also uses Linux emulation so I imagine that using basic Linux calls |>should work as well. We can test/verify based on what you are using to |>call the hostname if you let me know. |> |>Is there a place I can statically put in the hostname of the machine so |>you don't send a non-RFC compliant EHLO using localhost.localdomain |> |>Thanks, |>-Troy |> |>On Sun, 2005-03-06 at 21:55 -0500, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote: |> |>>if it uses "localhost.localdomain" then the functions to get your system |>>hostname are failing. there's nothing we can do about that. |>> |>>Jeff |>> |>>On Sun, 2005-03-06 at 16:39 -0600, Troy wrote: |>> |>>>Jeff, |>>> |>>>I found your thread with a previous user about Evolution not sending the |>>>FQDN of the workstation. I have a strange scenario. My evolution |>>>client is constantly sending EHLO localhost.localdomain to my mailserver |>>>rather than it's FQDN. Nowhwere in my machine (i.e. hosts file) is the |>>>localhost.localdomain used. |>>> |>>>The client I'm using clearly has a DNS name and certainly should be |>>>using that as it's EHLO. |>>> |>>>I've tried searching for a resolution, but because so many people use |>>>evolution and it's been using that nomenclature for so long, I cannot |>>>get any type of solution. |>>> |>>>Please let me know if there is already a patch or how I can fix this. |>>>Evolution should clearly send EHLO as it's FQDN. |>>> |>>>Thanks, |>>> |>>>-Troy |>>> |>>> |>>> | | | _______________________________________________ | freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org mailing list | http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-gnome | To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-gnome-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" | - -- Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: gnome@FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCLIyAb2iPiv4Uz4cRAj7WAJ0a+6mO2d0UdpOJKeaztfAvXOy8CwCgnGVs Qu04nh5hd7DTNjYtDJElQ/c= =Ly7T -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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