Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:18:41 +1030 From: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Identity for HELO in sendmail Message-ID: <200602152318.41440.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> In-Reply-To: <43F2ECAB.7020300@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <200602151639.06855.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> <43F2ECAB.7020300@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 07:26 pm, Matthew Seaman wrote: > Malcolm Kay wrote: > > I can now send e-mails using the standard 'mail' utility > > to most destinations but apparently 'alpha.home' is still > > used as the source domain in the HELO command and as this > > just my private hostname for the machine it is not known at > > the receiving end in spite of the > > FEATURE(masquerade_envelope) which I naively expected to be > > applied here. > > define(`confDOMAIN_NAME', `smtp.internode.on.net')dnl > Thanks Matthew; I think the most appropriate name for me may be `mail.internode.on.net'. At least 'dig' reparts it as an 'A' record. > Note that the name presented in the HELO line should be > resolvable as a valid 'A' record in the DNS. It doesn't have > to be anything to do with the domain names used in the e-mail > headers. > > Cheers, > > Matthew
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