>My mail server is responding only with a host name rather than a host.domain
>(FQDN)

you got other pb's, too:

# dig 
dialnet.co.uk 


; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> 
dialnet.co.uk
;; res options: init recurs defnam 
dnsrch
;; got 
answer: 

;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 
4
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 
0
;; QUERY 
SECTION:
;;      dialnet.co.uk, type = A, class = 
IN

;; AUTHORITY 
SECTION:
dialnet.co.uk.          59m30s IN SOA   wannt.dialnet.co.uk. 
jnowell.dialnet.co.uk. (
                                         2000032701      ; 
serial
                                         10H             ; 
refresh
                                         10M             ; 
retry
                                         1D              ; 
expiry
                                         1H )            ; 
minimum


no A record for dialnet.co.uk, and no www.dialnet.co.uk, either.  DNS 
Expert report sent privately.


Here's what Imail usually answers with:

# telnet ms1.meiway.com 25
Trying 212.73.210.73...
Connected to ms1.meiway.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 X1 NT-ESMTP Server ms1.meiway.com (IMail 6.03 19724-1)

Here' what I get from your primary MX, is that Imail?? :

# telnet mail.dialnet.co.uk 
25
Trying 
193.164.97.17... 

Connected to 
mail.dialnet.co.uk. 

Escape character is 
'^]'. 

220 
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What do you have for your Imail default mail hostname and alias mail hostname?

Len

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