Looks like it's just the config program that requires RFC compliance. I edited it to stop checking my FQDN and then responded to all other question as tdlabs.com. This let me get through the config stage and I then went and changed the exim.conf file. Exim seem to have no problem.
I'm about to submit this as a bug against exim, suggesting that this be toned down to a warning rather than an error. Paul > -----Original Message----- > From: John Hasler [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 15, 1999 4:06 PM > To: Paul Sargent > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: exim: FQDN != RFC1035 > > Paul writes: > > > Error: system's FQDN hostname (rook.3dlabs.com) doesn't match RFC1035 > > syntax; cannot configure the mail system. > > > What is RFC1035 syntax? > > See /usr/doc/doc-rfc/Standard_Protocols/rfc1035.txt.gz. > > From RFC1035: > > The labels must follow the rules for ARPANET host names. They must > start with a letter, end with a letter or digit, and have as interior > characters only letters, digits, and hyphen. There are also some > restrictions on the length. Labels must be 63 characters or less. > > > -- > John Hasler > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) > Dancing Horse Hill > Elmwood, WI
