* Rob Foehl <r...@loonybin.net>: > On Wed, 2 Mar 2011, Patrick Ben Koetter wrote: > > > Shouldn't $localhost_name be a (RFC compliant) FQDN hostname like > > 'localhost.localdomain' by default? > > > > Currently it defaults to 'localhost', which IIRC is not a FQDN. > > 'localhost.' is an FQDN, and one that is actually correct, as opposed to > the non-standard .localdomain convention that has caused more trouble than > it has ever solved. Please don't encourage further confusion. :)
RFC 2006 <http://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2606.txt> indicates you are right. I need to do some testing. Maybe I jumped to the wrong conclusion why specifying "localhost" only causes problems. > > I'm asking because the non-FQDN $localhost_name makes Postfix reject amavis > > when reject_non_fqdn_helo_hostname is enabled. > > What's the use case for running that on a content filter reinjection port? Some simply set it globally and don't disable it or change the policy on reinjection port. p@rick -- All technical questions asked privately will be automatically answered on the list and archived for public access unless privacy is explicitely required and justified. saslfinger (debugging SMTP AUTH): <http://postfix.state-of-mind.de/patrick.koetter/saslfinger/> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Software Download: Index, Search & Analyze Logs and other IT data in Real-Time with Splunk. Collect, index and harness all the fast moving IT data generated by your applications, servers and devices whether physical, virtual or in the cloud. Deliver compliance at lower cost and gain new business insights. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-dev2dev _______________________________________________ AMaViS-user mailing list AMaViS-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amavis-user Please visit http://www.ijs.si/software/amavisd/ regularly For administrativa requests please send email to rainer at openantivirus dot org
