Jeff Abrahamson on 9 Oct 2005 17:01:52 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] exim4 and HELO host


On Sat, Oct 08, 2005 at 11:33:22AM -0400, Jeff Abrahamson wrote:
>   [35 lines, 183 words, 1237 characters]  Top characters: etosaniu
> 
> Drexel.edu has begun refusing email from me because I am saying
> 
>     HELO astra.purple.com
> 
> The name astra is my local machine's name but is (correctly) not
> listed in outside DNS (astra=192.168.0.7).  I've been googling all
> morning to figure out what to do, but no luck.  Any suggestions?
> (This is debian sarge.)

Thanks to all who responded.

The solution, it turns out, is to add the following line to the config:

    primary_hostname = puddle.purple.com

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