Sounds like an OS issue. Do you have a DNS suffix configured in your TCP/IP settings?
> -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas, Dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 3:17 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: FQDN Problem on Clustered exchange 5.5 > > > The site that is rejecting our email reports that they are > rejecting it due to the lack of a fully qualified domain > name. The reject message they get is as follows: > > 504 <email-1>: Helo command rejected: need fully-qualified hostname. > > They have also added us to http://www.rfc-ignorant.org list. > > It seems to only do this when the IMS is installed in a > cluster, when we test it on a non clustered system we get the > proper response. > > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Scharff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 3:54 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: FQDN Problem on Clustered exchange 5.5 > > > Are you sure about the nature of your problem? > > In what way is the banner your server prevents when another > server connects to it related to your ability to send > outbound mail to other servers? > > -- > Chris Scharff MVP, MCSE > MessageOne > 512-652-4500 x244 > > "When the country falls into chaos, patriotism is born." > --Tao Te Ching > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Thomas, Dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 2:05 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: FQDN Problem on Clustered exchange 5.5 > > > > > > We are having a problem with our clustered internet mail > > service not responding with a proper fully qualified domain > > name. Using telnet to connect to port 25 to the virtual > > server we get the following: > > > > 220 EMTEST-1 ESMTP Server (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service > > 5.5.2653.13) > > ready > > > > We should get EMTEST-1.apa.org instead of EMTEST-1 > > > > > > This is causing delivery problems on our production server > > since some sites will not except email from non RFC > compliant servers. > > > > We are running Exchange 5.5 sp4 on MS clustered servers > > running NT 4.0 sp6a. > > > > The servers TCP/IP config are configured with the proper > > hostname and domain name. > > > > This seems to work fine on a non clustered exchange 5.5 > > server. Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > David Thomas > > Senior System/Network Engineer > > American Psychological Association > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

