Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:37:36 -0500 From: Eric Crist <mnslinky@gmail.com> To: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FQDN Hostnames, Sendmail and Spamassassin. Message-ID: <C876CA5F-1A50-4F5C-BEEE-BCEA07B97FB9@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20070731002332.606975c9@gumby.homeunix.com.> References: <20070731002332.606975c9@gumby.homeunix.com.>
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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
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