Jörgen Tegnér wrote: > Hi, > > new to the list, please excuse me if this has been handled before. > > When exim connects to my ISPs mailserver mailout.telia.com, it replies that > its name is pne-smtpout1.glb.skanova.net > Checking the nameserver confirms that mailout is just an alias for the > longer name. > > Entering mailout.telia.com:user:password results in a failed connection, > changing to the alias works. > > Shouldn't exim be ablie to connect using both the alias and the real > mailserver name? > > The version is exim 4.69, from debian unstable > > /Jlörgen
'...just an alias' may be what the DNS reflects, but what the actual server - and/or the router, firewall, proxy, cache, NAT box it (or *several* such 'its' in a pool) MAY be behind, wants to see is another matter. IOW - doesn't look like an Exim failing, and you'll need to just go with what works. Bill -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
