Hi.

On Thursday 21 August 2008, sepeth wrote:
> When I send an email with my smtp server (Couier MTA), remote smtp
> server replies with HELO needs fully qualified hostname. The hostname
> written in /etc/hostname is "ceren" (it doesn't include the domain
> part). When I change the hostname to "magmalinux.org" or
> "ceren.magmalinux.org", the remote smtp server accept my mail. But
> this document [1] says don't do that.
>
> So, how can i specify my FQDN? or Is there any way to say Courier "use
> this FQDN with HELO"?
>
> [1]
> http://oreilly.com/catalog/debian/chapter/book/ch10_02.html#CH10-PGFID-4606
>80

Courier always uses the FQDN or what it thinks what the FQDN is.
Type "hostname -f" on the command line to see what the system FQDN is set to.

On a debian system, you don't need to append the domain to /etc/hostname.
Am am not a Debian admin but I have access to a debian machine with this 
config, verified this immediately. :) So there must be a way to specify the 
domain name the system lives in.


Using the other methods pointed to in this thread solves the issue for this 
courier install as long as the FQDN does not change.
I discourage from doing so because solving the symptoms is never a good idea 
if you can solve the cause.

Make your system know it's own FQDN, it'll help you for this and possibly 
future issues.

regards, Bernd

-- 
There are only two things wrong with C++:
The initial concept and the implementation.  -  Bertrand Meyer

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