On Monday 11 December 2006 17:41, Stanislaw Halik wrote: > On Mon, Dec 11, 2006, Chris Lightfoot wrote: > >>> Actually what is the default HELO for exim? Shouldn't Exim by default > >>> use the rDNS of the interface address or the IP if rDNS doesn't > >>> resolve? > >> > >> Exim does not know the interface address that the system will use unless > >> you set the "interface" option. > > > > can you not get this from calling getsockname on the > > outgoing connection? > > I believe the problem is that the option is being expanded before an > actual connection is being established.
Why don't we move that expansion to after the connection has been established?
I can't see any problem with that, except that the expansion might fail and
it doesn't look so good if Exim panics and drops the connection.
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