On 1/6/06, John W. Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/5/06 7:09 PM, "Gilbert W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Here's what the log said: > > 2006-01-05 17:49:32 1EuRhL-0005l7-SW ** <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>R=dnslookup > > T=remote_smtp: SMTP error from remote mailer after RCPT TO:< > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]>: host uk2mxarray4.uk2.net [83.170.64.217]: > > 550-EHLO/HEL0 argument (localhost) must be a syntactically-valid\n550 > > fully-qualified domain name or address literal > > The key there is "syntactically-valid". The easy way is the fully-qualified > domain name of the machine initiating the SMTP connection. The old > [ip-address] alternative was intended for machines which couldn't know their > name for some reason. That's now not common any more for real servers, but > routine for mail programs on consumer machines.
> > 1) does EXIM by default use EHLO/HELO before MAIL command when sending out > > mails ? > > Yes. It has to, or *nobody* will listen. You need to be sure that Exim > knows what name to use. On Debian using the configuration program from > Debian, I have no idea how to do that, and you'll likely get better answers > from the Debian mailing list for Exim, whose particulars are repeated many > times in the Debian releases. > Thank you. i tried telnet to this server, uk2mxarray4.uk2.net, and issued EHLO command. Then i could get through the RCPT .. therefore i suspect my mail server doesn't EHLO/HELO before MAIL .. correct me if i'm wrong. i only got "smtp_active_hostname" set to my FQDN of my server. what can i do to fix this ? -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
