On 2004-02-06, David Clymer penned: > 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? >
I wish I could. I just remember having this same problem and asking on a list ... I think it was the exim-user mailing list, but I can't seem to find the answer in the archives. I think the implication was "if your canonical hostname isn't fully qualified, you have bigger problems than exim. Don't patch exim's config -- fix the problem at its source." -- monique -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
