On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 10:38:41 +0000, Shaun wrote: > I ran my domain through a DNS health checker type site, just to make > sure I fix any issues. The only 'problem' was that it said the SMTP > greeting on my MXs doesn't match that listed as the FQDN for the domain. > That's because I tend to run many services on the same box so > technically it has many hostnames.
So you basically want to change the SMTP greeting? > Now if I want mail.mydomain.com in the DNS for the MX record but it's > hostname (hostname -f) is foobar.mydomain.com then if I don't want to > change it's hostname can I not set something in Exim? I tried setting > > MAIN_HARDCODE_PRIMARY_HOSTNAME='mail.mydomain.com' in > update-exim4.conf.conf after some Googling. I did a restart and exim4 > complained with : > > Stopping MTA for restart:undocumented line > MAIN_HARDCODE_PRIMARY_HOSTNAME='mail.mydomain.com' found in > /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf, generating exim macro > exim4_listener. > Restarting MTA: exim4. > > But then, strangely, it seems to work if I do an nc localhost 25. The above seems to indicate the used variable is not recognized, at least in that config file... Mmm, I've found this: 1.2.3. How does exim find out its host name to use in HELO/EHLO? http://wiki.debian.org/PkgExim4UserFAQ#How_does_exim_find_out_its_host_name_to_use_in_HELO.2BAC8-EHLO.3F So I'm not sure you really wanted to do this because editing the primary hostname for a MUA will make deep changes on what hosts can send/relay from/to destinations :-/ > So question: Is this the right (Debian) way of doing it? > > Just want my domain to pass all the checks for a correct configuration > :) I don't know Exim too much (I'm a Postfix fellow) but it seems there is a variable that takes cares of the welcome message ("dc_smtp_banner") although not sure if this will make your DNS tool checker happier :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jidlmp$69j$2...@dough.gmane.org
