From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 31 01:05:36 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2552716A418 for ; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:05:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mnslinky@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.180]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE53D13C458 for ; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:05:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mnslinky@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id a73so3292249pye for ; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:05:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:message-id:cc:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=HXQREUQC/ypB5isUpfkm3l2b4i3mI1wfTiTQbH9xXKOgc1vcNOww+SCcW8HT2WNDErMAHg0wkltv82DDrU7gwNEnQUaRj/ybAi0/sIp+O+zmIzrfaLko76t5eQnMgXbFQJOkxBGLIyvor979Iga4Rcok+syuFo34jhZTaawiC4E= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:message-id:cc:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=ED4rj5NpSMiBqAp+7xaydLYy58ESox+gIxzKblVPfM7+NZ1ex8UKnU6DDX5hQcr1GYttBySg4W4hdhz0K4snAPLFlZY+2Wm6xf3EQYyThL5egFsuJtKLRYpsTSWnXsiBLtH8q0QJDcWWDL6HIAQnegDt6h2gTKgxk1piK9S9Aqg= Received: by 10.35.39.2 with SMTP id r2mr19026274pyj.1185842260512; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:37:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.3? ( [209.240.66.157]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f55sm5168428pyh.2007.07.30.17.37.37 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:37:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20070731002332.606975c9@gumby.homeunix.com.> References: <20070731002332.606975c9@gumby.homeunix.com.> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Eric Crist Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:37:36 -0500 To: RW X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FQDN Hostnames, Sendmail and Spamassassin. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:05:36 -0000 On Jul 30, 2007, at 6:23 PMJul 30, 2007, RW wrote: > I have my hostname in rc.conf defined as a FQDN - ending in a dot. > IIRC > it's needed to prevent sendmail waiting a long time for DNS if the > network is unavailable at boot-time. > > I recently noticed that when I send myself email through sendmail I'm > hitting this spamassassin test at my email service: > > 2.3 FH_HELO_ENDS_DOT Helo ends with a dot > > It doesn't actually matter to me, because I don't use sendmail much, > but what are the rights and wrongs of this? I was under the impression > that any name used in an helo/ehlo should be a FQDN. > AFAIK, an FQDN does not need to end with a dot. While they do, by definition, end with a dot, that nomenclature is typically only used in DNS zone files. FWIW, I've never noticed a problem with slow boot when there's network problems. If you do notice problems, simply make an entry in the /etc/hosts file to map the local hostname to it's corresponding IP address. HTH. Eric Crist