On Fri 17 Oct 2014 at 03:15:49 +0200, lee wrote: > Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> writes: > > > On Mon 13 Oct 2014 at 04:12:04 +0200, lee wrote: > > > >> Jonathan Dowland <j...@debian.org> writes: > >> > >> > On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 02:45:44PM -0400, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> >> > And if so, is that not acquired from /etc/hosts? > >> > snip > >> >> Egad ... I just noticed that was from a different machine... but the > >> >> format is the same on all of mine. So still should stand as something > >> >> to critique/ > >> > > >> > Debian's exim4 will take the contents of /etc/mailname over the dns name > >> > by > >> > default. I'd recommend putting the fqdn that you want exim to use there. > >> > >> You can also specify it in exims' configuration. Unless you do have > >> good reason to do so, I'd advise against it and let exim use the host > >> name (which the automatic configuration which I don't exactly recommend > >> hopefully lets exim use unless you tell it otherwise). > > > > The HELO cannot be specified using dpkg-reconfigure. It is taken from > > /etc/hosts. > > > > /etc/mailname can be specified with dpkg-reconfigure. It is not the best > > of ideas to leave it blank. > > > > There is no connection between /etc/mailname and the HELO. > > > "primary_hostname Use: main Type: string Default: see below > > This specifies the name of the current host. It is used in the default > EHLO or HELO command for outgoing SMTP messages (changeable via the > helo_data option in the smtp transport), and as the default for > qualify_domain. The value is also used by default in some SMTP response > messages from an Exim server. This can be changed dynamically by setting > smtp_active_hostname."[1] > > > There is no mentioning of /etc/mailname here. Perhaps that's an > ideosyncrasy of the automatic configuration.
No. It's because there is no connection between /etc/mailname and primary_hostname. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141017231107.gl23...@copernicus.demon.co.uk
