On Fri, 2004-02-06 at 12:11, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > On 2004-02-06, David Clymer penned: > > On Fri, 2004-02-06 at 09:07, davis wrote: > >> Hello > >> > >> I can not subscribe to the pcmcia-cs mailing list on source forge > >> because my helo only gives my host name and not my fully qualified > >> hostname. How do I resolve this problem? > >> > >> JD > >> > > > > You need to set exim's primary_hostname to your FQDN (or the > > equivilant configuration variable for your choice of MTA). > > > > I believe that exim will, by default, report the first entry in your > /etc/hosts file. So if you have > > 155.22.33.44 booger yoda www.sticky.net > > I believe exim will report the machine as booger. > > Just move the FQDN into the first slot and you should be fine. > > My understanding is that exim's primary_hostname setting is considered a > kludge and that it's "better" to use the above method. >
I learn something new every day, it seems. I suppose I should modify my own server, if thats the case. Could you expound apon the "kludge-ness" of primary_hostname? -davidc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
